Wasp #1 Mine

Vanadium site, status unknown · Montrose County, Colorado

UnknownVanadiumUndergroundUSGS MRDS

Section

What kind of site this is
SHAFTORE · VANADIUMLEVELSHEADFRAMESECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE

Drawn as an underground mine, reached by a shaft or tunnel and worked along the ore. The ore color stands for vanadium. Federal records note the kind of operation and its status, not its depth or layout, so this is a typical example rather than a survey of this site.

Location

StateColorado
CountyMontrose
Coordinates38.33529, -108.73567

Commodities

PrimaryVanadium
TertiaryUranium

Mine Details

StatusUnknown
TypeUnderground
Data SourceUSGS MRDS
Source ID10118075
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