The Blackfoot Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,499 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: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.3508, -108.72280
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Blackfoot Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blackfoot Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 2618. AT THE TIM THE DMEA REPORT, 1952, THE CLAIMSWHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE VI MINING DISTRICT AND WERE CONTROLLED BY THE URANIUM DEVELOPME OF DENVER HAD PRODUCED 258 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING .44% U308 A 1.63% V205. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 1,2,3,10,11,12,13,14,15, R.17W, N.M.P.M. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND MAPS. BASED ON EXTENSIVE EXPOSURES OF MINERALIZED ROCK, THE REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION BE GRANT
References
Reference (Deposit): REF:COLO. BU. OF MINES 1961 RPT.; MAS FILE
Reference (Deposit): OWN:URANIUM DEVELOPMENT CORP. OP:JOE BALDWIN & LEO FAGAN
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