Elk Park Mine

The Elk Park Mine is a mine located in San Juan county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,006 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Elk Park Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  San Juan

Elevation: 9,006 Feet (2,745 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 37.7247, -107.66420

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Elk Park Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Elk Park Mine
Secondary: Suprise Claims


Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Colorado
County: San Juan


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
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: Carnotite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 6060. DATE OF RE 1959. THIS IS THE SECOND APPLICATION FOR AID , THE FIRST HAV BEEN APPROVED. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE CLAIMS WERE OWN AMERICAN SOVEREIGN MINES, LTD., OF COLO., AND WERE OPERATED GADDIS MINING CO., OF COLO. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE CL HAD PRODUCED 20 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING .66% U308 AND 2 TONS A G 4.00% U308. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE GEOLOGIC, CLAI DRILL MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED FURTHER ASSISTANCE FOR EXPLORATION SHOULD BE DENIED.


References

Reference (Deposit): US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92


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