Blackfoot Mine

The Blackfoot Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,499 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: Blackfoot Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Montrose

Elevation: 5,499 Feet (1,676 Meters)

Commodity:

Lat, Long: 38.3508, -108.72280

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Blackfoot Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Blackfoot Mine


Commodity

Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan


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

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

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


Comments

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 2618. AT THE TIM THE DMEA REPORT, 1952, THE CLAIMSWHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE VI MINING DISTRICT AND WERE CONTROLLED BY THE URANIUM DEVELOPME OF DENVER HAD PRODUCED 258 TONS OF ORE AVERAGING .44% U308 A 1.63% V205. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 1,2,3,10,11,12,13,14,15, R.17W, N.M.P.M. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND MAPS. BASED ON EXTENSIVE EXPOSURES OF MINERALIZED ROCK, THE REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION BE GRANT


References

Reference (Deposit): REF:COLO. BU. OF MINES 1961 RPT.; MAS FILE

Reference (Deposit): OWN:URANIUM DEVELOPMENT CORP. OP:JOE BALDWIN & LEO FAGAN


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