The Chumway Park is a uranium mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,999 feet.
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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
Elevation: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.7275, -105.59833
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Chumway Park MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Chumway Park
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Guffey District
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Aspen Mines Inc.
Years: 1975 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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
Form: IRREGULAR TABULAR LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range, Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Currant Creek Fault And Related Faults; Folding
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Slight Bleaching
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 4.5 MILES WSW OF GUFFEY
Comment (Geology): MINIMUM FOLDING CONGLOMERATE AND SANDSTONE ENCLOSE ORE
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MAS OCT 1976 FILE
Reference (Deposit): EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.
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