The Clear View Claims is a mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado.
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Mine Info
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Clear View Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clear View Claims
Commodity
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
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: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
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: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite
Unknown: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3635. DATE OF RE 1955. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 5, 6, 7, AND 8,T. 42 N., R. 17 N.M.P.M., IN THE SLICK ROCK MINING DISTRICT, AND ON THE 7-1/ MAP, JOE DAVIS HILL. AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, THE CLA WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY WESTERN OIL FIELDS, INC., DENV PRODUCED ONE TRUCK LOAD OF ROCK WHICH WAS REJECTED AT THE MI CAUSE IT WAS TOO LOW GRADE. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, DEVEL CONSISTED OF A 70-FT. AND TWO 10-FT. ADITS. INCLUDED IN THE ARE CLAIM, LOCATION, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. BASED ON THE UNFAVOR LOCATION OF THE AREA, THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE D
References
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