The J M is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado.
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J M MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: J M
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Uraninite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE WAS IN OPERATION 300 DAYS IN 1957 AND PRODUCED 230 AT A GRADE OF .16% TO .47% U308. THIS MINE IS LOCATED ON CLUB MESAIN LONG PARK THE MONTROSE COUNTY ASSESSOR REPORTED THE FOLLOWING VALUES F GROSS VALUE OF THE ORE PRODUCED, DEVELOPMENT COST, AND HAULA DATE GROSS VALUE DEVELOPMENT COST HAULAGE COST 1-6-74 1792.48 179.03 91.31 2-6-74 1416.60 206.60 123.96 THE COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES RELEASED THE FOLLOWING IN 1973: ASSAY- .20% U308 AND 1.9% V205 GROUND SUPPORT- POST AND PILLARS, FAIR GROUND DEPOSIT- FLAT, .5-3 FEET THICK LOCATION- SECS. 32 AND 33, T48N, R17W, N.M.P.M.
References
Reference (Deposit): THE DATA PRESENTED HERE WAS FOUND IN THE STATE BUREAU OF MIN
Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL OPERATOR'S REPORT.
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