The Yellow Bird Vanadium is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,578 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: 6,578 Feet (2,005 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.3275, -109.02750
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Yellow Bird Vanadium MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellow Bird Vanadium
Secondary: Yellow Bird Mines
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Foote Minerals
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: 1899
Discovery Year: 1899
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 (Deposit): THE YELLOW BIRD MINE IS ACTUALLY A GROUP OF MINES. MINE WORK ARE ON THE BUTTERFLY CLAIM, EVA CLAIM AND THE THREE JACKS CLAIM. THE ORE PRODUCED FROM THE YELLOW BIRD MINES CONTAINED 1.80% AND 0.34% U308. THE KEY REFERENCE FOR THIS REPORT WAS THE USGS PROF PAPER 50
References
Reference (Deposit): REF:CRIB,DC04865;MAS FILE;7.5 QUAD MAP,USGS PROF PAPER #508
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