The Yellow Bird #1 is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado.
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Yellow Bird #1 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Bird #1
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: James Pierce
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
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
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Ownership): OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 A MINE LOCATION VISIT WAS NOT MADE FOR THE INFORMATION RECOR THIS FORM. THE E.R.D.A. REPORTED A YELLOW BIRD MINE IN SEC 3 R17W AND THE STATE BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS REPORT R THAT THE MINE WAS LOCATED IN SECTIONS 16 AND 21 T46N R17W. T YELLOW BIRD 1 MINE RECORDED HERE SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH YELLOW BIRD MINES LOCATED IN SECTIONS 13 AND 14 T47N R20W. FROM 1953 TO 1957 THE YELLOW BIRD1 MINE AVERAGE PRODUCTION W TONS PER MONTH OF ORE AVERAGING .2 TO .65 PERCENT U308 AND . IN THE SAME PERIOD THE AVERAGE DAYS OF PRODUCTION PER YEAR W
References
Reference (Deposit): E.R.D.A. PRINT OUT OF URANIUM PROPERTIES IN COLORADO
Reference (Deposit): ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT ON LEASING OF AEC CONTROLLED..
Reference (Deposit): SOURCES OF INFORMATION:
Reference (Deposit): STATE BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATORS REPORTS
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