The Lease Tailings Pond is a uranium mine located in Boulder county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,400 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: 5,400 Feet (1,646 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.01472, -105.29306
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Lease Tailings Pond MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lease Tailings Pond
Secondary: Stattendale Dump
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Boulder 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
Not available
Production
Year: 1959
Time Period: 1955-1959
Material type: TAILINGS ACC
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.11% U3o8
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Year Last Production: 1959
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Denver Basin
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): 200 FT. WEST OF 3RD STREET AND WALNUT STREET ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Commodity): URANIUM RECOVERED FROM TAILINGS OF OLD VANADIUM MILL IN OPERATION 1918-1919
Comment (Workings): OLD MILL TAILINGS DUMP
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 8
Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS
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