Lease Tailings Pond

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013760
MRDS ID D010223
Record type Site
Current site name Lease Tailings Pond
Alternate or previous names Stattendale Dump

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.29364, 40.01471 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position WITHIN CITY LIMITS OF BOULDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 001N 071W 36 NE OF NE OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 200 FT. WEST OF 3RD STREET AND WALNUT STREET ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • URANIUM RECOVERED FROM TAILINGS OF OLD VANADIUM MILL IN OPERATION 1918-1919

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.29364, 40.01471

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Denver Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1959

Mining district

District name Boulder Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1959
    Period 1955-1959
    Material TAILINGS ACC
    Description Cp_Grade: ^1.11% U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Tailings Uranium Uranium 1wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD MILL TAILINGS DUMP

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Banke, Carl M. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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