The Rajah 49 is a mine located in Mesa county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,402 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 7,402 Feet (2,256 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.6419, -109.05580
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Rajah 49 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rajah 49
Secondary: Zee Lease #49
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Mesa
District: Uravan
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: C. V. Woodard Co. Or Rajah Ventures
Company ID: 501761
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1980
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Company ID: 501761
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1980
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1954
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
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THIS MAS REPORT ON THE RAJAH 49 WAS COMPLETED FROM AN INTERV WITH THE MINE OPERATOR FRANK WOODARD,PARTNER OF C.V.WOODARD. THAT THE C.V.WOODARD COMPANY IS IN THE PROCESS OF CHANGING I TO RAJAH VENTURES. THE RAJAH 49 IS PART OF THE GROUP OF RAJAH PROPERTIES AND IT INTERCONNECTS WITH THE THORTON PROPERTY. THE RAJAH PROPERTIE CONSIST OF THE RAJAH 1,11,23,24,27,28,29,30,61,62,63,67,68,7 AS OF 7/22/75 THE RAJAH 49 WAS PRODUCING 600 TONS/MONTH OF A AVERAGE GRADE ORE OF 0.20% U308 AND 0.78% V205. OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING
References
Reference (Deposit): MSHA UPDATING BY MILS 3-80
Reference (Deposit): COLO DIV OF MINES ANNUAL SUM OF MINE ACTIV IN COLO 1977
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