The Long Park Group is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,004 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: 6,004 Feet (1,830 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.2939, -108.73470
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Long Park Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Long Park Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
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: Barnes, Levi
Home Office: Box 156, Nucla, Co 81424
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1943
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): THIS IS A GROUP OF 15 MINES, LONG PARK #1-#15. PRODUCTION RECORDS WERE FILED FOR EACH MINE SEPARATELY. THESE RECORDS A AVAILABLE AT COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES FOR YEARS 1943 TO PRES LAST YEAR OF OPERATION. PRODUCTION DATA FOR LONG PARK #1 IS AVAILABLE IN THE BACK UP FILE. LONG PARK NO.4, NO.8, AND NO.15 ARE THE ONLY CURRENTLY PRODU MINES. THE MINES ARE LOCATED IN SECTIONS 27, 34, AND 28. THE COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DATA IN ASSAY VALUES- .18% U308 AND 1.0% V205 DEPOSIT- 1-5 FEET THICK, FLAT SUPPORT- SQUARE SETS, POSTS, PILLARS, GOOD GROUND.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALL DATA FROM COLO. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR'S REPORT
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