The Elk Park Mine is a mine located in San Juan county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,006 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: 9,006 Feet (2,745 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.7247, -107.66420
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Elk Park Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Elk Park Mine
Secondary: Suprise Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Juan
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 6060. DATE OF RE 1959. THIS IS THE SECOND APPLICATION FOR AID , THE FIRST HAV BEEN APPROVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE CLAIMS WERE OWN AMERICAN SOVEREIGN MINES, LTD., OF COLO., AND WERE OPERATED GADDIS MINING CO., OF COLO. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE CL HAD PRODUCED 20 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING .66% U308 AND 2 TONS A G 4.00% U308. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE GEOLOGIC, CLAI DRILL MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED FURTHER ASSISTANCE FOR EXPLORATION SHOULD BE DENIED.
References
Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92
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