Jackpot Group

The Jackpot Group is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,841 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

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Site Name

Primary: Jackpot Group
Secondary: Jackpot Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan

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

Owner Name: Bee Hive Mining Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1913
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A SMALL OPEN CUT FROM WHICH A DRIFT N 3 W FOR 50FT WHERE IT TURNS WEST ALONG A FAULT PLANE BEARI THE PROSPECT HAS BEEN WORKED PERIODICALLY SINCE 1913. PRODUC HAS BEEN LIMITED. THE ORE CONTAINS 1.25% V205 AND 0.14% U308 THE FACT THAT THE DEPOSIT IS IN A FAULT BLOCK OF WINGATE SAN AND CONSISTS OF SECONDARY OXIDIZED MINERALS SUGGESTS THAT TH DEPOSIT FORMED BY CIRCULATION OF GROUND WATER THAT PASSED TH NEARBY U AND V DEPOSITS WITHIN THE MORRISON FORMATION. THE S WASH IS NOT EXPOSED IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. SUBSURFACE EXPLOR IN AREAS NEAR THE MINE MIGHT RESULT IN DISCOVERY OF A NEW DE

References

Reference (Deposit): REF:CRIB,DC04062;MAS FILE REF:BLM SUR MNGT QUAD

Reference (Deposit): REF:USGS PROF PAPER #508

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