The Big Bear, Big Hole & Cactus Claim is a mine located in Fremont county, Colorado.
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Big Bear, Big Hole & Cactus Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Bear, Big Hole & Cactus Claim
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Type: Private Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: F. C. Roper
Home Office: Texas
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Gypsum
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3786, DATED 1955. A TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE CL WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY J.S. JOSEY AND F.C. ROPER, COL CLAIMS ARE SAID BY THE DMEA REPORT TO BE IN SECS. 22 AND 27, S., R. 73 W., N.M.P.M., WHICH WOULD PUT THEM IN PARK COUNTY? GIVEN LOCATION SEEMS TO BE IN ERROR. THE CLOSEST MARKET FOR AT GRAND JUNCTION, COLO., 270 RAILROAD MILES DISTANT. INCLUD THE DMEA REPORT ARE CLAIM AND LOCATION MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CLUDED ASSISTANCE FOR EXPLORATION BE GRANTED. INFORMATION FROM PRR-1795, DATED 1955. RADIOACTIVITY: CACTUS AVG.=18 X BG, BIG HOLE AVG.=2XBG. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS AND 27, T. 18 S., R. 73 W. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE URANIUM MAT RADIOACTIVITY IN CARBONACEOUS SANDY SILTSTONE AND SANDSTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MAS FILE 1976
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