Veta Mad Mine

The Veta Mad Mine is a mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,735 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Veta Mad Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Uravan

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1935
Discovery Year: 1915
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Uraninite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE LAST KNOWN OPERATOR WAS IN 1956 WHEN GAYNO MINING CO. WO THIS MINE UNDER AN AEC MINING LEASE THE VETA MAD MINE IS IN THE SLICK ROCK AREA OF THE URAVAN MI BELT BUREAU OF MINES IC 8015 HAS A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF THE MINE T

References

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