The Bigler Shaft is a mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,201 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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.9381, -109.01810
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Bigler Shaft MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bigler Shaft
Secondary: Deremo
Commodity
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Uravan
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Home Office: Box 1049, Grand Junction, Co. 81501
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Deremo, Clyde (Estate)
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Dove Creek, Colo. 81324
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1960
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION DATA FROM 1960 TO 1972 AVAILABLE IN BACK UP FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): DATA FROM COLO. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR'S REPORTS.
Reference (Deposit): OWN-OPER: UNION CARBIDE CORP 1975
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