Show and V VANADIUM ORES for tho the production of ile 16 figures and nd yana dau ii ores during nw nit im boe not been very reported ported to the tle united states lal survey and the output u there therefore fore been partly estimated frank L hess from various data bs ts possession the shipment of uranium and 1912 has been aas us tea during bands hands of about a dozen peris Is it th 3 and firms and as in previous the ores have come mostly 11 arbron hm southwestern colorado with a ider sa aller prod production action from southeastern tage ut between the S san an rafael swell tad ad the colorado line i 1 9 lie rae production of uranium appears t 0 preliminary estimates to have nm been ba equivalent to a little leas lc s th B 6 short tons of uranium oxide or 22 tons of metallic TO owe blum a slight increase in creaso over 1911 ne D an taen the production was equal to M vt libolt bout 25 tons of uranium oxide or 44 tons of the metal the vana ill 6 S it a output pa of 1912 seems to nave have it a ea equivalent to a little less than id 4 I 1 tons of metallic vanadium a W somewhat larger quantity than that au ell of 1911 i W 4 the bearing ores were all W fu JB I 1 ia 14 B a variable compound of hr and vanadium nadium a with other tle elements ments found with several vana Q aum minerals in sandstone of 14 a I 1 jurassic triassic age in the high it at poteau region of utah and colorado Colom do S r tle richest and largest deposits found ute in irr montrose county colo in paradox valley long park the mcintyre district and adjacent territory extending exten din ito san miguel dolores and mesa c cant canales unties cantles les in utah de deposits mined are in emery and grand counties deposits which arera unproductive during the year adur atur in kio rio blanco routt and moffat counties colu colo and in uinta md ud san juan enin nineties nin ties utah of the more known uranium J ri meral 1 pitchblende or un finite a J few hundred pounds were mined near J beatral il city gilpin county colo it was all sold as specimens and to hb oratories probably for experimental work cork A few ew pounds partly altered to and other second U raine rals were found in mining ary nica mim near penland sl N C the larger part of the vanadium ore produced was a sage green sandstone colored by the vanadium bear ing mica rosco clito it was mined near Now mire san miguel Cou county tit colo and the vanadium as obtained in tho the form forn of iron at ut the local reduction plant of the llimos chemical co the iron andade is shipped east to to 10 into prices vati varied led much but 23 25 to 30 cents a pound for the contained vanadium oxide and to a pound for the contained uranium oxide where it exceeds 2 per cent seem to have been the rule the prices were considered cd too lo 10 low by some producers and their oreas ore was stored awaiting a rise most of the ore goes to england and germany and is said to be wanted especially for the radium content the price of metallic vanadium was much below former years and from 4 0 5 a pound it fell to 2 60 50 and 2 00 for the contained vanadium in undoubtedly owing to competition between american firma firms |