Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-02-12
VANADIUM WANTED
BY STEEL MILLS
And SCIENTISTS

A timely article by the L. S. geo /
iGg cal survey gives some very de /
sirable Information regarding the
mining production Of uranium and
ganadium in this country. AS there
IS more than a remote possibility
f prospeetors finding these rare
minerals in Nevada owing to the
TACT that Mineral county is now
being the scene of recent finds.
which the claimants think contain
he elements OF these minerals, the
following will be interesting:
The shipment Of uranium and va
nadium ores in 1912 was in the
hands of about a dozen persons and
firms and, as in previous years, the
ores came mostly from southwestern
Colorado, with smaller production
from southeastern Utah, between
the San Rafael Swell and the Colo
RADIO line
The production of uranium appears
from preliminary estimates to have
been equivalent to little less thar
&c short tons Of uranium oxide, or
approximately p tons of metallic
uranium, slight increase over 1911,
when the production was equal to
about 25 tons of uranium oxide or
PIP tons of the metal The vana
dunn output of 1912 seems to have
been equivalent to a little less than
800 tons of metallic vanadium, a
somewhat larger quantity than that
! OF 1911.
The uranium bearing ores were
all carnoite, variable compound Of
I uranium and yanadium with other
i elements, found with several yana-
] dunn minerals in sandstones Of Jur-
! assic,Triassic age in the high plateau
S region Of Utah and Colorado. So
T far the richest and largest deposits
{ found are in Montrose county Colo,
g in Paradox valley, Long Park, the
i Mcintyre district, and adjacent ter
e, ritory, extending into San Miguel,
n Dolores, and Mesa counties. IN
1t Titan the deposits mined are in EN-
Ie cry and Grand counties. Deposits
g which were unproductive during th'
g year occur in Rio Blanco. Routt anC
* Moffat counties, Colo, and in Uinti
ID and San Juan counties, Utah.
lie me percentage Of uranium oxid'
d in the ore varied from 0.5 to 90:
It, and of vanadium oxide in the sam'
IN ores from 142 to 1853. OF thu
tt more widely known uranium mineral
is pitchblende and uraninite, a few
n hundred pounds were mined nea
Central City, Gilpin county Colo.
th was all sold as specimens and t
h laboratories, probably for experimer
is tai work. A few pounds partly alter
is ed to gummite and other seeondar
g. minerals were found in mining mic
of near Penland, N. c.
i'll The larger part Of the vahadinr
in ore produced was sage green san'
be stone colored by the vanadium-bea
tn ing mica, roscoelite. No yanadint
N is known to have been mined fo
We vanadium in this country during tn
ie year.
gh Prices yarieu greatly, but 20
th 80 cents pound for the containe
nd vanadium oxide and $3.50 to SIS
rel a pound for the contained uranium
ri oxide where 1t exceeded 21a per Gel
nj seem to have been the rule. Mos
ng of the ore goes to England an
IN Germany and is said to be wante
es- for its radium content The price
ng metallic vanadium was much belo
nj former years and from 81 or IS
pound it fell to $3.50 and 81 for tn
contained yanadium in ferroyanad
UNI, undoubtedly owing to compel
=E ton between American firms. Tn
imports of roasted sulphide ore frol
an, Peru were large, and the productio
it'll Of ferrovanadium was probably tn
ct largest TO date The use of van
On dunn steel in locomotive, &utomobil
om and similar machinery seems to b
I'd. growing rapidly No extensive use
for uranium are known to have bee
developed, but the glass, pottery, an
chemical trades use small quaint
is ties.
in
I'D For quick results try the want a
eolumns OF the bonanza.