The Moqui Jug is a mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,005 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: 7,005 Feet (2,135 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.9592, -108.87610
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Moqui Jug MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Moqui Jug
Commodity
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Uravan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Fred Durfee Mining Co.
Home Office: Box 215, Redvale, Co
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp., Mining And Metals Division
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Uravan, CO 81436
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
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: Uraninite
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DATA FROM 1942 TO 1967 AVAILABLE IN BACK UP FILE. LOCATED IN SPUD PATCH
References
Reference (Deposit): DATA FROM COLO. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR'S REPORTS.
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