Yellow Bird Vanadium

The Yellow Bird Vanadium is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,578 feet.

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: Yellow Bird Vanadium  

State:  Colorado

County:  Montrose

Elevation: 6,578 Feet (2,005 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.3275, -109.02750

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Satelite image of the Yellow Bird Vanadium

Yellow Bird Vanadium MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Yellow Bird Vanadium
Secondary: Yellow Bird Mines


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

Not available


Workings

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Ownership

Owner Name: Foote Minerals
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
Year First Production: 1899
Discovery Year: 1899
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

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Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Uraninite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE YELLOW BIRD MINE IS ACTUALLY A GROUP OF MINES. MINE WORK ARE ON THE BUTTERFLY CLAIM, EVA CLAIM AND THE THREE JACKS CLAIM. THE ORE PRODUCED FROM THE YELLOW BIRD MINES CONTAINED 1.80% AND 0.34% U308. THE KEY REFERENCE FOR THIS REPORT WAS THE USGS PROF PAPER 50


References

Reference (Deposit): REF:CRIB,DC04865;MAS FILE;7.5 QUAD MAP,USGS PROF PAPER #508


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