The Veta Mad Mine is a mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,735 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,735 Feet (1,748 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.0542, -108.90310
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Veta Mad Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Veta Mad Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Uravan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1915
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: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE LAST KNOWN OPERATOR WAS IN 1956 WHEN GAYNO MINING CO. WO THIS MINE UNDER AN AEC MINING LEASE THE VETA MAD MINE IS IN THE SLICK ROCK AREA OF THE URAVAN MI BELT BUREAU OF MINES IC 8015 HAS A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF THE MINE T
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