The Oversight is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,450 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.2281, -108.75080
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Oversight MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Oversight
Secondary: Oversite Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Union Carbide Corp.
Company ID: 501775
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1906
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 BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 THE OVERSIGHT MINE ADJOINS THE HUMMER MINE. BOTH MINES ARE I OF A LARGE MINERALIZED ZONE KNOWN AS THE JO DANDY DEPOSIT. T MINES ARE LOCATED IN THE BULL CANYON AREA OF THE URAVAN MINE BELT. THE MINES ARE ABOUT 1000 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOR OF PARAD VALLEY AND ABOUT 600 FT BELOW THE MESA RIM.
References
Reference (Deposit): REFERENCES: U.S.BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7922,19
Reference (Deposit): URANIUM-MINING PRACTICES AND COSTS AT TEN SALT WASH LEASE OP
Reference (Deposit): OF UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.
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