Greasy Spoon

The Greasy Spoon is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,906 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Greasy Spoon  

State:  Colorado

County:  Montrose

Elevation: 6,906 Feet (2,105 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.3156, -108.94810

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Greasy Spoon MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Greasy Spoon
Secondary: Geo No. 7


Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan Mineral


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

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: Russel C. Cutter
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1974
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


Comments

Comment (Deposit): THIS MAS REPORT WAS COMPLETED BY AN INTERVIEW WITH THE GEO # FORMAN JOHN PEESO ON 7/23/75. OWNER ADDRESS: ATTN. RUSSEL C. CUTTER GEO INDUSTRIES INC. P.O. BOX 817 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO 81501 THE MONTROSE COUNTY ASSESSOR REPORTED THE FOLLOWING VALUES F GROSS VALUE OF THE ORE SHIPPED FROM THE MINE (BASED ON THE S PRICE OF THE ORE),THE DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND ORE HAULAGE COST GROSS VALUE OF DEVELOPMENT COST HAULAGE COST DATE ORE SHIPPED 1843.88 130.74 282.63 3/6/74 19076.08 1639.78 2215.89 4/6/74 28360.85 2516.46 2348.22 5/6/74 25567.74 3470.00 2938.87 6/6/74 36362.21 5068.05 3358.63 7/6/74 38536.70 5067.43 4422.44 8/6/74 37228.21 4736.40 2888.09 9/6/74 11047.47 1398.25 543.25 10/6/74 4103.75 531.31 257.10 11/6/74

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION IS ONGOING


References

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