The Philura Group is a mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,984 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: 5,984 Feet (1,824 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 37.9928, -108.84780
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Philura Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Philura Group
Secondary: C-Jd-7
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Uravan
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: Private Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kelmine Corp. Data
Company ID: 503219
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Utah
Info Year: 1980
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
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: Uraninite
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4855. AT THE TIM THE DMEA REPORT, 1958, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY NAVAJO MINERAL FUND, INC. OF N THE CLAIMS ARE ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, HAMM CANYON, AND IN SLICK ROCK MINING DISTRICT. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE N AND GEOLOGY MAPS. THE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT CHANCES WERE A NIL OF FINDING ANY DEPOSITS CONTAINING MORE THAN A FEW TONS ABLE GRADE ORE. ASSISTANCE WAS DENIED.
References
Reference (Deposit): UPDATED BY MILS USING CURRENT MSHA INSPECTION DATA 4-80.
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