Misery Mine Group

The Misery Mine Group is a mine located in Fremont county, Colorado.

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

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Site Name

Primary: Misery Mine Group
Secondary: Misery Mine Et Al Group of Claims
Secondary: Misery Mines, Satan, Joe and Bob,
Secondary: Red Hill, Tanner Boy Group.

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

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1955
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: Zircon
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Thorite
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Apatite
Unknown: Biotite
Unknown: Microcline

Comments

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4498, DATED 1957. T CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, 24, T. 18 R. 73 W., AND SEC. 15, T. 19 S., R. 71 W., 6TH P.M., AND ARE 15-MINUTE USGS MAPS, BLACK MTN, COTOPAXI, AND ROYAL GORGE. U OCCURS ON THE MISERY MINE CLAIMS DISSEMINATED THROUGH SEDIME ROCKS OF TERTIARY AGE, ON THE JOE AND BOB CLAIMS IT OCCURS I TIARY VOLCANIC ROCKS, AND ON THE RED HILL CLAIMS IN SMALL PO BIOTITE-MICROCLINE ROCK IN A PRECAMBRIAN GNEISS SEQUENCE. IN IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE CLAIM AND LOCATION MAPS. AT THE TIME REPORT, THE CLAIMS, THEN CONTROLLED BY PARKDALE URANIUM CORP HAD PRODUCED 2-ONE TON SHIPMENTS OF ORE AVERAGING .18 AND .2 U308. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE BE DENIED FOR FUR EXPLORATION. THE AEC PRINTOUT LISTS ROBERT MC CORMACK AS THE RECENT CONTROLLER OF MISERY MINE #7.

References

Reference (Deposit): MAS FILE 1976

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