The Horse Mountain Uranium Mines is a mine located in Eagle county, Colorado.
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Horse Mountain Uranium Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Horse Mountain Uranium Mines
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Eagle
District: Brush Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Patented
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
Year First Production: 1915
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Silver
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Azurite
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Malachite
Unknown: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 1938, DATED 1951. A TIME OF THE REPORT THE ONLY URANIUM PRODUCTION FROM THE MINE WAS THEN CONTROLLED BY ANACONDA LEAD AND SILVER CO., NEV., H A STOCKPILED TON OF UNDETERMINED GRADE. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SE T. 5 S., R. 84 W., AND SECS. 30 AND 31, T. 5 S., R. 83 W., 6 AND ARE ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAPS, FULFORD, AND THE SEVEN HER AN EARLY COPPER AND SILVER PRODUCER WITH DEVELOPED MINE WORK AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE WORKINGS HAD FALLEN INTO BAD R INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND MINE MAPS. THE ORE DEPOT IS AT RIFLE, ABOUT 60 MILES DISTANT. THE DMEA REPO CLUDED THAT ASSISTANCE WOULD BE JUSTIFIED FOR A LIMITED EXPL PROGRAM. IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THE STOCKPILED TON WOULD AVERAGE ABOUT 1.3% U308. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN BACKUP FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MAS OCT 1976 FILE
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL PROPERTY FILE
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