Hot Rocks Mine

The Hot Rocks Mine is a mine located in Montrose county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,499 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hot Rocks Mine

Commodity

Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium

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: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

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

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: Uraninite
Unknown: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA DOCKET NO. 3709. DATE OF REPORT IS THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 4, 5, 8, 9, 16 AND 17, T. 46 N., R. N.M.P.M., LA SAL CREEK MINING DISTRICT, AND ARE ON THE 7-1/2 MAPS, PARADOX AND ANDERSON MESA. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, CLAIMS WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY BRITISH-WESTERN AMERICA CORP. HAD PRODUCED NO ORE. ACCORDING TO A RECENT AEC LISTING CLAIM CONTROLLER IS KARL MEYER. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT LOCATION AND CLAIM MAPS. AN ORE DEPOT IS 58 MILES DISTANT IN UTAH. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE BE DENIED.

References

Reference (Deposit): REF:DC03654;MAS FILE;BLM SUR MNGT QUAD

Reference (Deposit): OWN:BRITISH WEST AMERICA URANIUM CO.

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