The Ladwig No.2 is a mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,706 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,706 Feet (2,044 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.7808, -105.21280
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Ladwig No.2 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ladwig No.2
Secondary: Ladwig Properties
Secondary: Ladwig No.1
Secondary: Ladwig No.3
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Front Range
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
Owner Name: Reserve Oil And Minerals
Company ID: 501184
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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: Copper
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Sphalerite
Unknown: Torbernite
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE LADWIG PROPERTIES CONSIST OF 3 SEPARATE PROSPECTS K THE LADWIG NO.1 IN THE SE1/4 SW1/4 SEC 19 THE LADWIG NO.2 IN THE SE1/4 SE1/4 SEC 19 THE LADWIG NO.3 IN THE SE1/4 SEC 19 VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THESE PROPERTI WHICH ARE ALL LOCATED IN THE SOUTH HALF OF SEC.19,T3S,R70W;T THEY WERE ALL LISTED TOGETHER IN THIS SURVEY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO.3527, DAT AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FRO CLAIMS. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, SKETCH AND ATION MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED THE PROPOSED EXPLORATI POSAL(LARGELY REHABILITATION OF OLD MINE WORKINGS) WAS MORE LINE OF PROSPECTING AND RECOMMENDED ASSISTANCE BE DENIED. ADDITIONAL GEOLOGIC INFORMATION IN BACKUP FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OPER: RESERVE CIL & MINERALS CO
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