The Broken Thumb is a mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,507 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: 7,507 Feet (2,288 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.7689, -108.57580
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Broken Thumb MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Broken Thumb
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Uravan
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3211. DATE OF DM ORT IS 1953. AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, THE MINE OWNERS J.L., E.B., W.W. BYERS AND J.H. NELSON. MILLING FACILITIES A MONTICELLO, UTAH--A DISTANCE OF 35 MILES. INCLUDED IN THE DM ORT ARE LOCATION AND GEOLOGY MAPS. AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA R NO PRODUCTION HAD OCCURRED AT THE MINE, WHICH CAN BE VIEWED 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, SECRET CANYON. THE CLAIMS ARE IN THE SLICK MINING DISTRICT. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED THAT THE CLAIMS S LITTLE OR NO PROMISE OF CONTAINING A SIGNIFICANT DEPOSIT OF ORE AND RECOMMENDED THAT ASSISTANCE BE DENIED.
References
Reference (Deposit): CRIB NO. DC02436
Reference (Deposit): OWN/OP: J.L. & E.B. BYERS, W.W. BYERS
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