The Foothills Mine is a mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,526 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,526 Feet (1,989 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 39.6653, -105.24750
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Foothills Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Foothills Mine
Secondary: Wright Lease
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
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
Not available
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: 1955
Discovery Year: 1954
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: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Production): THE MINE PRODUCED AS FOLLOWS: 1955, 150 TONS; 1956, 100 TON MONTH, PRODUCING 320 DAYS TOTAL; 1959, SMALL AMOUNT; 1960, 8 1962-1963, SMALL AMOUNT; 1964, MINE BEING PUT ON STAND-BY BA THE ORE PRODUCED ASSAYED .2-1% U308. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3830, DA 1955: INCLUDED IN THE REPORT ARE A CLAIM MAP AND A MAP SHOWING MI INGS AT THAT TIME. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THERE HAD BEEN UCTION FROM THE MINE. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE B TO FOOTHILLS MINING CO., COLO., FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION. AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.4% U308, CAC03 CONTENT AS HIGH AS 18% MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN BACKUP FILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINE MAP REPO # 407331 & 405948 OWN/ WHBF MINING AND ENGIN
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