The Btm Claim Group is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,001 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: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.2119, -108.69080
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Btm Claim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Btm Claim Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
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: Private Lease
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: 1952
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: Uraninite
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3497. AT THE TIM THE DMEA REPORT, 1955, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE WHICH ARE IN THE MONOGRAM MESA MINING DISTRICT AND WERE CONT BY THE URANIUM PROSPECTORS CO., LTD. OF COLORADO. THE CLAIMS SECS. 6, T.45N, R.16W, SEC. 31, T.46N, R.16W, SEC. 1, T.45N, SEC. 36, T.46N, R.17W, ALL NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN. IN IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. THE DMEA CONCLUDED THAT ASSISTANCE WOULD BE JUSTIFIED FOR FURTHER EXP N.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF:CRIB,DC04014;MAS FILE
Reference (Deposit): OWN:URANIUM PROSPECTORS CO.,LTD.
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