The Beck Mountain Lode is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,499 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
Elevation: 10,499 Feet (3,200 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 37.95083, -105.48528
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Beck Mountain Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beck Mountain Lode
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Crestone Needles Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
Year: 1955
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Year Last Production: 1955
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range
Type: L
Description: Several Large, Northwest-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR BECK MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): ORE WAS SHIPPED TO MILL AT RIFLE, COLORADO
References
Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P. 119
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