Ladwig Properties

Past Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263901
MRDS ID D010158
MAS/MILS ID 0080590014
Record type Site
Current site name Ladwig Properties
Alternate or previous names Ladwig No.2, Ladwig No.1, Ladwig No.3
Related records 10087815

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.21338, 39.78079 (WGS84)
Elevation 2044

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Golden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003 S 070 W 19 S2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Unknown
Galena Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Torbernite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.21338, 39.78079

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 22.9M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONITIZATION
    Minimum Depth to Top 15.3
    Date of Last Modification 800305

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Front Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Reserve Oil And Minerals
    ID 501184
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OPER: RESERVE CIL & MINERALS CO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LADWIG PROPERTIES CONSIST OF 3 SEPARATE PROSPECTS K THE LADWIG NO.1 IN THE SE1/4 SW1/4 SEC 19 THE LADWIG NO.2 IN THE SE1/4 SE1/4 SEC 19 THE LADWIG NO.3 IN THE SE1/4 SEC 19 VERY LITTLE DEVELOPMENT WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON THESE PROPERTI WHICH ARE ALL LOCATED IN THE SOUTH HALF OF SEC.19,T3S,R70W;T THEY WERE ALL LISTED TOGETHER IN THIS SURVEY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO.3527, DAT AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FRO CLAIMS. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, SKETCH AND ATION MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED THE PROPOSED EXPLORATI POSAL(LARGELY REHABILITATION OF OLD MINE WORKINGS) WAS MORE LINE OF PROSPECTING AND RECOMMENDED ASSISTANCE BE DENIED. ADDITIONAL GEOLOGIC INFORMATION IN BACKUP FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 02/20/1980
MSHA mine ID0501184
Mine name (MSHA)Ladwig
Current operatorEnergy Fuels Nuclear Inc
Current controller (parent)Harold Roberts
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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