The La Sal Group is a mine located in Mesa county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,860 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,860 Feet (1,786 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.6433, -109.03720
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La Sal Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Sal Group
Commodity
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Mesa
District: Uravan
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Private Lease
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Shipman Mining And Exploration Co.
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
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
Comments
Comment (Ownership): THE NAME OF THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP FOR THE AREA IS MT WAAS 4 N OPERATOR ADDRESS: SHIPMAN MINING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY BOX 861 GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 2128. THE IS LOCATED IN THE BEAVER CREEK MINING DISTRICT. INCLUDED IN DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, CLAIM, AND GEOLOGY MAPS. AT THE TI THE 1952 DMEA REPORT THE CLAIMS HAD BEEN PRODUCING 811 TONS AVERAGING .48% U308 AND 2.03% V205 IN A 15 MONTH PERIOD. A E TION PROGRAM WAS APPROVED IN THE DMEA REPORT. REPORT, THREE MINES ON THE CLAIM PROPERTY HAD PRODUCED 33510 V205 AND 7748 LBS. U308. THE NEAREST ORE DEPOT WAS THEN LOCA GRAND JUNCTION, COLO., ABOUT 75 MILES DISTANT.
References
Reference (Deposit): REV BY MILS 5-79
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