The Peanut Group is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,001 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,001 Feet (1,829 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.1917, -108.78830
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Peanut Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peanut Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Federal Lease
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Uraninite
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE INFORMATION SOURCE IS THE DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3094. MINE IS IN THE BULL CANYON MINING DISTRICT. AT THE TIME OF T REPORT, THE MINE CONTROLER WAS THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY OF B IDAHO. THE LOCATION MAP WAS CONTAINED IN THE DMEA REPORT. AT TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, NO PRODUCTION HAD OCCURED. THE ORE WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 21600 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING 0.26 P U308 AND 2.38 PERCENT V205. NUMEROUS MAPS WERE ALSO AVAILABL THE DMEA REPORT. THE PROPERTY INCLUDES SECTIONS 31, 32 AND 5 PRODUCTION DATA FOR PEANUT NO. 3 IS AVAILABLE IN THE BACK UP
References
Reference (Deposit): REF:CRIB,DC04041
Reference (Deposit): OWN:J.R. SIMPLOT,1953
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