Johnnie Mae 2

The Johnnie Mae 2 is a mine located in Mesa county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,073 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Johnnie Mae 2

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Mesa
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

Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
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
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): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4494. DATE OF RE 1956. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, NEW IDRIA MINING AND CHEMIC OF CALIF. CONTROLLED THE MINE. THE AREA IS ON THE 7-1/2 MINU MT WAAS 4 NE. AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT THE MINE HAD PR 527 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING .90% U308 AND 3.50% V205. INCLUDED DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND CLAIM MAPS. THE REPORT CONCLUDE ASSISTANCE BE GRANTED. INFORMATION FROM COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES, DATED 1972: CLAIM ASSAY VALUES- .22% U308, 1.0% V205 DEPOSIT- AVERAGE OF 3 FT. THICK OWNER ADDRESS- UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501

References

Reference (Deposit): REV BY MILS 5-79

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