The Pickett Corral is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,204 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,204 Feet (1,891 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.1983, -108.84280
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Pickett Corral MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pickett Corral
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: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Andrews And Son Mining
Company ID: 501159
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Jack Payne
Company ID: 501159
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1949
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
Comments
Comment (Deposit): OPERATORS ADDRESS - ANDREWS AND SON BOX 98 NUCLA, COLO 81424 THIS MAS REPORT WAS COMPLETED FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH THE OPE DON ANDREWS THE PICKET CORAL IS ENTERED THROUGH AN 800 FT ADIT WHERE YOU GO UP A 70 FT RAISE TO A DRIFT 2200 FT LONG. IT IS 300 FT FROM THE PORTAL ON THE CANYON WALL. THE MINE PRODUCES 200 TONS PER MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS A YEAR. DON ANDREWS ESTIMATES THE URANIUM PRICE OF $12.00/LB U OX AND $0.72/LB U OX WIL EXTEND HIS PRODUCTION 2 TO 5 YEARS AT THE CURRENT RATE OF DUCTION. HIS PRODUCTION COST AS OF 2/23/75 IS $30.00/TON. HAS TO HAUL HIS ORE (IN 30 TON TRUCKS) 30 MILES TO THE URA MILL. THE MONTROSE COUNTY ASSESSOR REPORTED THE FOLLOWING FOR THE GROSS VALUE OF THE ORE PRODUCED, DEVELOPMENT AND H COSTS DATE GROSS VALUE DEVELOPMENT COST HAUL 1-6-74 $734,037 $ 518 $ 2-6-74 5,386 364 3-6-74 7,680 549 4-6-74 5,176 356 5-6-74 5,691 425 8-6-74 17,844 2,308 9-6-74 9,788 1,241 10-6-74 7,616 976 TOTAL GROSS VALUE $4,636,419 TOTAL DEVEL COST 547,539
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING
References
Reference (Deposit): REF:COLO. DIV. OF MINES ACTIVE MET/NONMET,1975;MAS FILE
Reference (Deposit): OP:ANDREWS MINING CO.,1976
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