The Wahketa Lease is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,440 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: 5,440 Feet (1,658 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.66194, -105.16861
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Wahketa Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wahketa Lease
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Laporte 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: Guy Lawrence
Home Office: Laporte, Co.
Years: 1955 -
Owner Name: Elbert Norton And Victor Tamlin
Years: 1955 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year Last Production: 1955
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cheyenne Basin, Front Range Uplift
Type: L
Description: Bellevue Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PIT RUN GRAB SAMPLE RAN 0.034% EQUIV U3O8, THREE SELECT GRAB SAMPLES RAN 0.02 TO 0.11% EQUIV U3O8. RADIATION AT PITS 2 AND 3 WAS 0.06 TO 0.08 MR/HR
Analytical Data: RADIATION AT PITS 1 AND 4 WAS 0.7 TO 0.12 MR/HR. ORE GRADE WAS 0.07% U3O8 AND 0.05% V2O5.
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Workings): FOUR SMALL OPEN CUTS
Comment (Location): ON DAKOTA HOGBACK 3 MILES NW FROM LAPORTE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER W2 W2 SEC. 18. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
Comment (Deposit): DAKOTA STRIKES NORTH-SOUTH, DIPS 30 WEST ON WEST LIMB OF NNW-PLUNGING ANTICLINE
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 211.
Reference (Deposit): GROSSMAN, E.L., 1955, AEC DEB-P-3-1696
Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978
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