Semanda Mining Property

The Semanda Mining Property is a mine located in La Plata county, Colorado.

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Mine Info

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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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