The Caribou Mine (based on DMEA uranium report) is a mine located in Boulder county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,701 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: 9,701 Feet (2,957 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.9733, -105.56920
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Caribou Mine (based on DMEA uranium report) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Caribou Mine (based on DMEA uranium report)
Secondary: Caribou Mine Ores-Metallurgy
Secondary: Caribou Mine Caribou Mine History
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Grand Island Area
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: Patented
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Nederland Mines Inc
Company ID: 503599
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1917
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1869
Discovery Year: 1869
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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: Argentite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Proustite
Unknown: Monazite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Gersdorffite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 2336, DATED 1952, A ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND THE BULLETIN OF THE SOCIETY OF ECONOMIC LOGISTS, VOL. 49, MARCH-APRIL, 1954, NO. 2, PGS. 129-174. AT TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM T IN THE FORM OF URANIUM. THE MINE WAS AN EARLY LEAD AND SILVE DUCER. DUE TO AN EXTENSIVE EXPLORATION PROGRAM UNDER CONTRAC THE A.E.C., THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED EXPLORATION ASSISTANCE DENIED. THE A.E.C. PROGRAM HAD PRODUCED ONLY NEGATIVE RESULT THE DISCOVERY OF SIGNIFICANT URANIUM DEPOSITS. INCLUDED IN T REPORT IS A MINE WORKINGS MAP. THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGY BULLETIN ED TO ABOVE CONTAINS EXTENSIVE DESCRIPTION ON THE MINERALOGY CARIBOU, COLO., URANINITE DEPOSIT. A COPY OF THE BULLETIN IS BACKUP FILE.
Comment (General): This record is vastly different from the main record for Caribou Mine (10017083). Kept for interest.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF USGS TEM-13A URANIUM DEPOSITS AT THE CARIBOU MINE. QE75T
Reference (Deposit): 408176 408177 408173 408178 OWN/ CARIBOU CLAIM GROUP
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