The Guadacanal Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,516 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,516 Feet (1,986 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.2964, -108.73250
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Guadacanal Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Guadacanal Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1943
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O.BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 THE MINE SHAFT WAS SUNK CENTRALLY BETWEEN TWO MINERALIZED AR THAT ARE ABOUT 500 FT APART IN A NW-SE DIRECTION AND ARE 190 310 FEET BELOW THE SURFACE. THE GENERAL STRIKE OF THE BEDS I MINE IS ABOUT N40W AND THEIR DIP IS ABOUT 6 NE.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF:COLO. BU. OF MINES 1965 RPT. REF:MAS FILE
Reference (Deposit): OWN:U.S. VANADIUM CORP. OP:FELIX MENDISCO,1965
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