The Flat Top is a mine located in Mesa county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,201 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.6511, -108.99420
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Flat Top MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Flat Top
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Mesa
District: Uravan
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Burnett, William
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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 (Location): THE NAME OF THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP FOR THE AREA IS JUANITA ARC ACCORDING TO THE AEC REPORT THE MINE OWNER IS WILLIAM BURNET CLAIMS ARE IN THE GATEWAY MINING DISTRICT. THE FOLLOWING INF N IS FROM THE 1954 DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO.3518, WHICH CONTAI LOCATION MAP FOR THE MINE. THE ORE PODS MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SIONS ARE: .5 TO 3 FT. THICK, 3 TO 15 FT. WIDE, AND 25 TO 70 LONG. THE CLAIMS HAD PRODUCED 1300 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING .56 AND 2.80% V205 DURING THE PERIOD 1948 TO 1954. INCLUDED WITH DMEA REPORT WAS A LOCATION MAP. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED TH L THE APPLICANT SUBMITS A GEOLOGIG MAP AS WELL AS MORE DRILL DETAIL, ASSISTANCE WOULD BE DENIED. IT WAS STATED THAT GEOLO CONDITIONS MAY BE FAVORABLE FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM DE
References
Reference (Deposit): REV BY MILS 5-79
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