Booster Claim No. 1

The Booster Claim No. 1 is a uranium mine located in Las Animas county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,000 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Booster Claim No. 1  

State:  Colorado

County:  Las Animas

Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 37.34639, -103.93056

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Booster Claim No. 1 MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Booster Claim No. 1


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Las Animas
District: Pinon Canyon Area


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

Not available


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: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Raton Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENS


Structure

Type: R
Description: Sierra Grande Uplift

Type: L
Description: Se Limb Of Ne-Trending Syncline


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limonite, Hematite


Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TO 0.7 MR/HR MEASURED
Analytical Data: 0.007 MR/HR BACKGROUND


Materials

Gangue: Specularite


Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG VAN BREMER ARROYO 1 TO 1.5 MILES WEST OF PURGATOIRE RIVER. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER OF N/2 SEC. 17; ELEVATION IS TOP OF CANYON RIM.

Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE NEAR BASE OF DAKOTA.

Comment (Workings): FOUR SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS


References

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, 6.R., 1968, GEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURE CONTOUR MAP OF THE LA JUNTA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND KANSAS: USGS MAP 1-560.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 215.


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