Rye No. 8

The Rye No. 8 is a mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,004 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Rye No. 8
Secondary: Carnation Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
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: Dawson Mining Co
Company ID: 501106
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1959
Discovery Year: 1958
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 (Location): AT THE ERDA GRAND JUNCTION OFFICE. OWNER ADDRESS - DAWSON MINING CO, P O BOX 428, GRAND JUNCTIO COLO 81501 THE ACCOMPANYING BACK-UP FILES CONTAIN COMPANY INFORMATION F WITH ERDA. THE PROBABILISTIC MATRIX COMPLETED FROM ERDA RESERVE ESTIMAT COL 1, ROW 1 IS BASED ON FORWARD COST OF $ 8/LB U.OX COL 1, ROW 2 IS BASED ON A $10/LB FORWARD COST. COL 2, ROW 1 IS BASED ON A FORWARD COST OF $15/LB U OX. COL 3, ROW 1 IS BASED ON A FORWARD COST OF $30/LB U OX. COL 4, ROW 1 IS RESERVES PLUS RESOURCE POTENTIAL AT $8/LB FORWARD COST AND COL 5, ROW 1 IS RESERVES PLUS POTENTIAL RESOURCES AT $10/LB U OX AS OF 8-8-74. TOTAL PRODUCTION TO DATE IS 77,799 TONS OF ORE AT 0.23 U OX. 1.45% U OX. MINING COST AS OF 8-8-74 AT A $10/LB FORWARD C PER LB U OX AS LISTED BY ERDA. DIRECT MINING $17.00 INDIRECT MINING $1.70 HAULAGE $4. ROYALTY $2.48 AD. VAL $0.22 MILL $20.00 TOTAL COST $45.40

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING

References

Reference (Deposit): REVISED BY MILS (MSHA) 1-9-80

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