Peanut No. 3 Mine workings, 21 July 2020
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Peanut No. 3 Mine workings, 21 July 2020
Data Identifiers
| Mindat Photo ID: | 1068948 (quote this with any query about this photo) |
|---|---|
| Long-form Identifier: | mindat:1:4:1068948:7 |
| GUID: | c5e50e4b-29c7-4e5a-8bc8-9aee0643b747 |
The coordinates given by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) place the mine in a headwater branch of Bull Canyon where no mine exists. The MRDS notes that “Latitude and longitude were approximated using the Bureau of Land Management’s Geographic Well Locator Program.” In other words, the USGS location is simply a best guess.
The coordinates given on Mindat for the Peanut Mine correspond to the current location of the Van 4 Mine, a presently inactive property off Montrose County road Dd19 which does not appear in the MRDS, and has the been subject of considerable recent litigation. The various minerals described from the Peanut Mine were collected in the early 1950s, whereas the Van 4 Mine was not permitted and constructed until the 1970s. However, the shaft area falls within the boundaries of the Peanut claim group, which contains least 35 different claims, so it is not clear whether or not the Van 4 Mine represents a recent modification or expansion of previous workings that may have been referred to as one of the Peanut mines.
If one looks at the numbering order of the Peanut Group claims, then the Peanut No. 1, presumably the first in the series to be filed, lies 1.6 miles south of the Van 4 Mine below the east rim of Bull Canyon. Only small exploratory workings are visible here, but just downslope are the shaft and extensive tailings piles for the Peanut No. 3 Mine, also one of the earlier claims, which lie along the southeast side of Montrose County road Gg16. This is the most heavily developed claim in the Peanut Group, and it is considered likely that it may represent the “true” Peanut Mine referred to in the mineralogical literature.
The view shown here looks south across the Peanut No. 3 Mine tailings, with Radium Mountain in the center background, and Wedding Bell Mountain in the far background to the right. The tailings pile on the far right in the foreground is notched at the point where a loading trestle used to cross it. The sunken entry to the mine shaft lies just behind the juniper trees in the center of the photo. All workings were in the sandstones of the Morrison Formation.
Dan A. Polhemus photo, 21 July 2020.
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