Long Park Group

The Long Park Group is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,004 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: Long Park Group  

State:  Colorado

County:  Montrose

Elevation: 6,004 Feet (1,830 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.2939, -108.73470

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Long Park Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Long Park Group


Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan


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

Owner Name: Barnes, Levi
Home Office: Box 156, Nucla, Co 81424
Info Year: 1975

Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 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): THIS IS A GROUP OF 15 MINES, LONG PARK #1-#15. PRODUCTION RECORDS WERE FILED FOR EACH MINE SEPARATELY. THESE RECORDS A AVAILABLE AT COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES FOR YEARS 1943 TO PRES LAST YEAR OF OPERATION. PRODUCTION DATA FOR LONG PARK #1 IS AVAILABLE IN THE BACK UP FILE. LONG PARK NO.4, NO.8, AND NO.15 ARE THE ONLY CURRENTLY PRODU MINES. THE MINES ARE LOCATED IN SECTIONS 27, 34, AND 28. THE COLORADO BUREAU OF MINES RELEASED THE FOLLOWING DATA IN ASSAY VALUES- .18% U308 AND 1.0% V205 DEPOSIT- 1-5 FEET THICK, FLAT SUPPORT- SQUARE SETS, POSTS, PILLARS, GOOD GROUND.


References

Reference (Deposit): ALL DATA FROM COLO. BUREAU OF MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR'S REPORT


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