The Payrock Mines is a mine located in Mesa county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,073 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: 7,073 Feet (2,156 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.7008, -108.88780
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Payrock Mines MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Payrock Mines
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Mesa
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Doyle, M. K.
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: Uraninite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO.3505. AT THE TIME DMEA REPORT, 1954, THE CLAIMS WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE GATEW ING DISTRICT WERE CONTROLED BY THE PAYROCK URANIUM CO., INC. COLORADO. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT WAS A LOCATION MAP. AC TO THE DMEA REPORT, THE PAYROCK CLAIMS PRODUCED 1030 TONS OF AVERAGING .27% U308 AND 1.51% V205 IN THE PERIOD FROM 1949 T 1954. THE DMEA REPORT STATED THAT UNTIL A GEOLOGICAL MAP WIT DRILLING DATA WAS SUBMITTED, NO ASSISTANCE WOULD BE LENT. HO IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT GEOLOGIC CONDITIONS OF THE PAYROCK C MAY BE FAVORABLE FOR THE OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM-BEARING DEPOS
References
Reference (Deposit): REV BY MILS 5-79
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