The Semanda Mining Property is a mine located in La Plata county, Colorado.
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Semanda Mining Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Semanda Mining Property
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: La Plata
District: California District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Ankerite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Silver
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Copper
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Barite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCUMENT NO. 3798, DATED 1956. TIME OF THE REPORT THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE CLA WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY TEXARADO OIL AND URANIUM CO., WITH A 83% INTEREST. THE NEAREST URANIUM ORE DEPOT IS AT DUR COLO., 25 MILES DISTANT. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOC AND CLAIM MAPS. LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF THE ARE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED A LIMITED PROGRAM MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED, GRAM MORE IN THE NATURE OF PROSPECTING A KNOWN MINERALIZED S TURE THAN OF EXPLORING AN INDICATED FAVORABLE TARGET AREA. T CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 5 AND 6, T. 36 N., R. 11 W., N.M.P.M.
References
Reference (Deposit): OWN/OP: TEXARADO OIL & URANIUM CO., L.G. STEARNS 1956
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