The Greagor 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, -108.87610
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Greagor Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Greagor 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Atlas Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1940
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): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3048. THE MINE I ATED IN THE BULL CANYON MINING DISTRICT. THE CLAIM INCLUDES 28, 29, 32, 33, T.46N, R.18W, AND SECTION 4 AND 5, T.45N, R. NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, TH CONTROLER WAS THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY OF BOISE, IDAHO. THE E KNOWN ORE RESERVES WERE ESTIMATED AT 5000 TONS OF ORE CONT 0.25 PERCENT U308 AND 1.50 PERCENT V205. IN THE DMEA REPORT, R EXPLORATION WAS APPROVED. THERE WERE NUMEROUS MAPS WITH TH REPORT, INCLUDING LOCATION AND MINING MAPS. AT THE TIME OF T ORT, THE ORE WAS SHIPPED BY TRUCK TO URAVAN, COLO. FOR MILLI ACCORDING TO THE ERDA,THE MOST RECENT OWNER IS ATLAS CORPORA OWNER ADDRESS: ATLAS CORPORATION PRUDENTIAL PLAZA SUITE 2506 1050 17TH STREET DENVER,COLORADO 80202
References
Reference (Deposit): OWN:JR SIMPLOT CO.,1953 REF:CRIB,DC03894
Reference (Deposit): OP:REX HOLLAND,1962 REF:COLO. BU. OF MINES 196
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