The E and H-Jelly Roll Mine is a mine located in Gilpin county, Colorado.
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E and H-Jelly Roll Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: E and H-Jelly Roll Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Gilpin
District: Central City
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: 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: Quartz
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Iron
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4355, DATED 1956. A TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO URANIUM PRODUCTION FRO CLAIMS WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY E AND H EXPLORATION AND COMPANY, COLO. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND MAPS. MINE WORKINGS FROM EARLY SILVER PRODUCTION DAYS INCLUD ADITS, ONE 465 FT. LONG, BOTH IN POOR REPAIR. THERE WERE ORE SAMPLES TAKEN, BUT THESE REPRESENTED ONLY SMALL WIDTHS OF TH ERALIZED AREA. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE FOR FURT EXPLORATION BE DENIED.
References
Reference (Deposit): REF: DMEA REPORT,DOCKET NO. 4355
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