The Lightning Group is a mine located in Fremont county, Colorado.
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Lightning Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lightning Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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: Hematite
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4328, DATED 1959. T THE FINAL SUMMARY REPORT, AN EARLIER DMEA PROJECT HAVING BEE VED. BASED ON THE DMEA EXPLORATION, TOTAL RESERVES, INDICATE INFERRED, AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 2000 TONS OF .15% U308. AT THE T THE REPORT, THE CLAIMS, THEN CONTROLLED BY D.A.C. URANIUM CO HAD PRODUCED 80 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING .10% U308. THIS WAS SHI THE VITRO MILL AT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA ARE LOCATION, CLAIM, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CONC THE CLAIMS DID NOT CONSTITUTE A DISCOVERY AND RECOMMENDED AS TANCE BE DENIED FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION WORK.
References
Reference (Deposit): MAS FILE 1976
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