The Wild Horse Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 4,902 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: 4,902 Feet (1,494 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.4322, -108.82440
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Wild Horse Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Wild Horse Mine
Secondary: Colorado
Secondary: Adak
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Box 1049, Grand Junction, Co. 81501
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
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: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): LOCATED 12 MI. W. OF URAVAN ON HIGHWAY 141. PRODUCTION DATA FROM 1956 TO 1970 AVAILABLE IN BACK UP FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): DATA FROM COLO. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR'S REPORTS.
Reference (Deposit): OP:ERNEST COOPER,1970
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