The Unnamed Uranium Occurrence is a uranium mine located in Las Animas county, Colorado at an elevation of 4,879 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: 4,879 Feet (1,487 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.565, -103.12028
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Unnamed Uranium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Uranium Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Las Animas
District: Ninaview 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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Las Animas Arch, Sierra Grande Uplift
Type: L
Description: Mustang Creek Monocline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 50 PPB U IN SPRING WATER SAMPLE
Analytical Data: 0.003 TO 0.005 % U IN SANDSTONE
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVE SPRING ISSUES FROM BASE OF MASSIVE SANDSTONE AT CONTACT WITH UNDERLYING 6-IN.-THICK BLACK SHALE AND MASSIVE CARBONACEOUS SANDSTONE
Comment (Location): ON LOW BLUFFS ALONG AUNT JANE CANYON (LEW SMITH CR.). LAT-LONG GIVEN IS FOR CENTER OF SEC. 34.
References
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. 216.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., 1968, GEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURE CONTOUR MAP OF THE LA JUNTA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND KANSAS: USGS MAP 1-560.
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