The Little Dick is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,604 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,604 Feet (1,708 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.3911, -108.79330
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Little Dick MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Dick
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ray Small
Company ID: 501814
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Company ID: 501814
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Various States
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1938
Discovery Year: 1910
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
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Production): IN 1960 THIS MINE WAS CONNECTED TO 3 OTHER MINES: OPHIR, FOX BLUEBIRD. PRODUCTION DATA FROM 1938 TO 1969 IS AVAILABLE IN THE BACKUP MINE LOCATED ON DOLORES BENCH, 6 MILES N.W. OF URAVAN. THE M IS DEVELOPED THROUGH AN ADIT ABOUT 5600 FT IN ALTITUDE,WHICH DRIVEN INTO THE RIM ABOUT 35FT BELOW A FLAT BENCH FORMED BY UPPER SALT WASH SANDSTONE. THE ADIT IS ABOUT 200 FT BELOW TH RIM AND ABOUT 700 FT ABOVE THE DOLORES RIVER.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALL DATA IS FROM STATE BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR'S REP
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