The Grover Test Site is a uranium mine located in Weld county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,049 feet.
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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
Elevation: 5,049 Feet (1,539 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.82222, -104.26667
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Grover Test Site MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grover Test Site
Secondary: Grover Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Weld
District: Grover/Keota Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Wyoming Mineral Corp.
Home Office: 1709 Heath Parkway, Fort Collins, Co. 80521
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1977
Year Last Production: 1978
Discovery Year: 1970
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: ROLL FRONT
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cheyenne Basin
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Is Present But Not Detectable In The Field By The Usual Color Changes
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG GRADE 0.14% EU308
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): HOST ROCK 0 TO 100 FT THICK; IT IS GENERALLY A "WYOMING-TYPE" SOLUTION FRONT URANIUM DEPOSIT IN A FLUVIAL CHANNEL SANDSTONE; SINVOUS, ELONGATE WITH NARROW LATERAL WIDTH
Comment (Workings): TEST MINED ON A PILOT SCALE USING IN SITU MINING TECHNIQUES. RESTORATION OF THE SANDSTONE AQUIFER BEGAN AS MINING CEASED IN MAY 1978, ANDWAS COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY 1979, THE LIXIVIANTS TESTED WERE AMMONIUM BICARBONATE, CALCIUM BICARBONATE AND SODIUM BICARBONATE, ALL WITH HYDROGEN PEROXIDE OXIDANTS.
Comment (Location): LATITUDE, LONGITUDE GIVEN FOR CENTER, SECTION 24, TION, R62W.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): READE, 1978
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED DURING INITIAL WIDE-SPACED DRILLING PROGRAM. THREE HOLES, ABOUT ONE MILE APART, ENCOUNTERED MINERALIZATION, AS DID OFFSET HOLES.
References
Reference (Deposit): KIRKHAM, R.M., O'LEARY, W. AND WARNER, J.W., 1980, HYDROGEOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC DATA PERTINENT TO URANIUM MINING, CHEYENNE BASIN, COLORARDO: CGS INFORMATION SERIES 12, 31 P.
Reference (Deposit): READE, H.L., 1978, URANIUM DEPOSITS: NORTHERN DENVER-JULESBURG BASIN, COLORADO, IN PRUIT, J.D. AND COFFIN, P.E., EDS., ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE DENVER BASIN: ROCKY MTN. ASSOC. GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 161-171.
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