Sage Hen and Friendly Neighbor

The Sage Hen and Friendly Neighbor is a mine located in Saguache county, Colorado.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Sage Hen and Friendly Neighbor

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache

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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: D. Crist And L. Kisida
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1953
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: Uraninite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4347. THE CLAIMS SECS. 34 AND 35, T. 48 N., R. 2 E., AND IN SECS. 2 AND 3, T. R. 2 E., N.M.P.M., AND ARE ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAPS HOUSTON AND RAZOR CREEK DOME. THE REPORT IS DATED 1958, AND IS THE F DMEA REPORT, AN EARLIER (1956) REPORT HAVING CONCLUDED ASSIS WOULD BE JUSTIFIED. AS A RESULT, AN ESTIMATED 4800 TONS CONT ABOUT .15% U308 WAS FOUND AT DEPTHS OF ABOUT 370 FT., A DEPT THE DMEA REPORT FELT WOULD BE UNMINABLE CONSIDERING THE LOW AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, THE CLAIMS WERE CONTROLLED B UNIVERSAL METALS CO., OF NEB., THE AEC LISTING SHOWS THE CON AS D. CRIST AND L. KISIDA, COLORADO. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA RE ARE CLAIM, LOCATION, GEOLOGY, AND AN ISORAD MAP. THE REPORT ED FURTHER ASSISTANCE WOULD NOT BE JUSTIFIED.

References

Reference (Deposit): MAS OCT 1976 FILE

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