Lease Tailings Pond

The Lease Tailings Pond is a uranium mine located in Boulder county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,400 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lease Tailings Pond
Secondary: Stattendale Dump

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Boulder Area

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

Not available

Production

Year: 1959
Time Period: 1955-1959
Material type: TAILINGS ACC
Description: Cp_Grade: ^1.11% U3o8

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Year Last Production: 1959
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
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

Type: R
Description: Denver Basin

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): 200 FT. WEST OF 3RD STREET AND WALNUT STREET ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Commodity): URANIUM RECOVERED FROM TAILINGS OF OLD VANADIUM MILL IN OPERATION 1918-1919

Comment (Workings): OLD MILL TAILINGS DUMP

References

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 8

Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS

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