Big Bear, Big Hole & Cactus Claim

The Big Bear, Big Hole & Cactus Claim is a mine located in Fremont county, Colorado.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Big Bear, Big Hole & Cactus Claim

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont

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

Type: Located Claim
Type: Private Lease

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: F. C. Roper
Home Office: Texas
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1954
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: Gypsum
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Uraninite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3786, DATED 1955. A TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE CL WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY J.S. JOSEY AND F.C. ROPER, COL CLAIMS ARE SAID BY THE DMEA REPORT TO BE IN SECS. 22 AND 27, S., R. 73 W., N.M.P.M., WHICH WOULD PUT THEM IN PARK COUNTY? GIVEN LOCATION SEEMS TO BE IN ERROR. THE CLOSEST MARKET FOR AT GRAND JUNCTION, COLO., 270 RAILROAD MILES DISTANT. INCLUD THE DMEA REPORT ARE CLAIM AND LOCATION MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CLUDED ASSISTANCE FOR EXPLORATION BE GRANTED. INFORMATION FROM PRR-1795, DATED 1955. RADIOACTIVITY: CACTUS AVG.=18 X BG, BIG HOLE AVG.=2XBG. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS AND 27, T. 18 S., R. 73 W. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE URANIUM MAT RADIOACTIVITY IN CARBONACEOUS SANDY SILTSTONE AND SANDSTONE.

References

Reference (Deposit): MAS FILE 1976

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