Horse Mountain Uranium Mines

The Horse Mountain Uranium Mines is a mine located in Eagle county, Colorado.

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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

Name: Horse Mountain Uranium Mines  

State:  Colorado

County:  Eagle

Elevation:

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 39.5889, -106.75610

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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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