The Root Ranch Lease is a mine located in Gilpin county, Colorado.
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Root Ranch Lease MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Root Ranch Lease
Commodity
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gilpin
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
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Autunite
Unknown: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4529. DATE OF RE 1957. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 19,29, AND 30, T. 3 S., R. 72 P.M., AND AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT WERE CONTROLLED BY NEUN. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, AREA, AND SK MAPS. THE PEGMATITES CONTAINING URANIUM MATERIAL ARE SMALL ( FT. BY A FEW TENS OF FT.) AND AVERAGE LESS THAN 0.1% U308. A RESULT, THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE DENIE
References
Reference (Deposit): REF: MAS FILE, DMEA REPORT, POCKET NO. 4529
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