J M

The J M is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: J M

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan

Land Status

Not available

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: Unknown
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: Uraninite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS MINE WAS IN OPERATION 300 DAYS IN 1957 AND PRODUCED 230 AT A GRADE OF .16% TO .47% U308. THIS MINE IS LOCATED ON CLUB MESAIN LONG PARK THE MONTROSE COUNTY ASSESSOR REPORTED THE FOLLOWING VALUES F GROSS VALUE OF THE ORE PRODUCED, DEVELOPMENT COST, AND HAULA DATE GROSS VALUE DEVELOPMENT COST HAULAGE COST 1-6-74 1792.48 179.03 91.31 2-6-74 1416.60 206.60 123.96 THE COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES RELEASED THE FOLLOWING IN 1973: ASSAY- .20% U308 AND 1.9% V205 GROUND SUPPORT- POST AND PILLARS, FAIR GROUND DEPOSIT- FLAT, .5-3 FEET THICK LOCATION- SECS. 32 AND 33, T48N, R17W, N.M.P.M.

References

Reference (Deposit): THE DATA PRESENTED HERE WAS FOUND IN THE STATE BUREAU OF MIN

Reference (Deposit): ANNUAL OPERATOR'S REPORT.

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