Yankee Uranium Mine

The Yankee Uranium Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Yankee Uranium Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Montrose

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.3839, -109.05360

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Yankee Uranium Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Yankee Uranium Mine
Secondary: West Paradox Creek Claims


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

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 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: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Carnotite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3695. DATE OF RE 1955. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE ONLY PRODUCTION HAD BEEN AVERAGING .3% U308 WHICH HAD BEEN STOCKPILED. ORE DEPOTS ARE MILES AT URAVAN, COLO., AND 42 MILES AWAY TO NATURITA, COLO. ED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, CLAIM, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, THE ONLY DEVELOPMENT ON THE CLA WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY THE YANKEE URANIUM COMPANY, UT A 30-FT. INCLINED ADIT. A PROGRAM FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION WA PROVED IN THE DMEA REPORT.


References

Reference (Deposit): OWN:YANKEE URANIUM CO.


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