The Ascension Mine is a mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,959 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: 6,959 Feet (2,121 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.7767, -105.28500
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Ascension Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ascension Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Front Range
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Cotter Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1956
Discovery Year: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Sillimanite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Amphibole
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION FROM THE MINE HAS BEEN AS FOLLOWS: 1956, 440 TONS DAYS OF PRODUCTION; 1957, EXPLORATION; 1962, 100 TONS/MONTH, U308, 365 DAYS OF PRODUCTION; 1963, 4158LBS., 229 DAYS OF PR 1970-1972, EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT, 300 DAYS OF PROD./YE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4656, DATE INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. TIME OF THE REPORT, BASED ON DMEA EXPLORATION, INFERRED RESERVES WERE ESTIMATED AT 10000 TONS OF .3% U308. NO FURTHER EXPLORATION WAS PLANNED IN THE DMEA REPORT. COTTER CORP. IS CURRENTLY LEASING FROM ALAN ELEE & DON ANDER
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM 1974 PROD TAB (WASH) OWN/OP;COTTER CORP.
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