The Ground Hog Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado.
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Ground Hog Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ground Hog Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Charles Pickens 801 N. Market St. Cortez,Colo. 81321
Company ID: 501172
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Company ID: 501172
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1940
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): OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION P.O. BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION,COLORADO 81501 THE GROUND HOG MINE IS LOCATED IN THE LONG PARK AREA OF THE MINERAL BELT. THE FIREBIRD MINE IS LOCATED 800 FEET FROM THE GROUND HOG MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): URANIUM-MINING PRACTICES AND COSTS AT TEN SALT WASH LEASE OP
Reference (Deposit): OF UNION CARBIDE NUCLEAR CO.
Reference (Deposit): REFERENCE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 79
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