Peanut Group

The Peanut Group is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,001 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Peanut Group

Commodity

Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Montrose
District: Uravan

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: Federal Lease

Workings

Type: Underground

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: Uraninite
Unknown: Carnotite
Unknown: Tyuyamunite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE INFORMATION SOURCE IS THE DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3094. MINE IS IN THE BULL CANYON MINING DISTRICT. AT THE TIME OF T REPORT, THE MINE CONTROLER WAS THE J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY OF B IDAHO. THE LOCATION MAP WAS CONTAINED IN THE DMEA REPORT. AT TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, NO PRODUCTION HAD OCCURED. THE ORE WAS ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 21600 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING 0.26 P U308 AND 2.38 PERCENT V205. NUMEROUS MAPS WERE ALSO AVAILABL THE DMEA REPORT. THE PROPERTY INCLUDES SECTIONS 31, 32 AND 5 PRODUCTION DATA FOR PEANUT NO. 3 IS AVAILABLE IN THE BACK UP

References

Reference (Deposit): REF:CRIB,DC04041

Reference (Deposit): OWN:J.R. SIMPLOT,1953

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