The Lazo is a uranium mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 984 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: 984 Feet (300 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 54.9264, -132.16530
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Lazo MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lazo
Secondary: Wiennie
Secondary: Old Crow
Secondary: Wennie
Secondary: Lazo Uranium Association
Secondary: I & L
Secondary: Kot
Secondary: Cotter Corporation
Secondary: Lumber Jack
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Alaska
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cotter Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Ownership): OWNER-OPERATOR ADDRESS: COTTER CORPORATION P.O. BOX 352 GOLDEN, COLORADO 80401
Comment (Deposit): 14 CLAIM GROUP & 2 CLAIM GRP STAKED 1955. LAST ACTIVE 1957. 1 CLAIM 1967. NO ASSESSMENT. RESTAKED 1976 AS 127 CLAIMS. SMALL CUTS & IRREGULAR SHALLOW EXCAVATIONS ON PROPERTY FROM EARLY WORK IN 1955-56. CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS RADIOACTIVE VEINLETS HOSTED IN BOKAN MTN. PERALKALINE GRANITE. THORIUM, MAIN RADIOACTIVE, OCCURS IN URANOTHORITE & URANOAN THORIANITE. VALUES RANGE FROM .05% L .35% EU.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 121-002
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 121-003A
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 121-072
Reference (Deposit): PE121-6
Reference (Deposit): B1155e pp. 48-49
Reference (Deposit): B1154 pp. 82-91, plates 1, 4
Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82
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