The Barium Lode is a uranium and thorium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,039 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: 9,039 Feet (2,755 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Thorium
Lat, Long: 38.22139, -106.33778
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Barium Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Barium Lode
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Thorium
Secondary: Radium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Bonanza Volcanic Field, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Bonanza Caldera Radial Faults; Jacks Cr. Volcanic Center
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Jasperization, Iron Oxides
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY 0.05 MR/HR, RANGE 0.15 TO 0.5 MR/HR. GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.087% EQUIV. U, 0.044% U, 0.031% TH, WITH SOME RA.
Materials
Gangue: Specularite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Location): ORIGINAL AEC DIRECTIONS TO PROSPECT ARE SOMEWHAT CONFUSING, BUT AEC'S AND BRUNS' MAPPING SUGGEST THAT SEC. 20 IS MORE LIKELY LOCATION THAN NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS' SEC. 4. LAT-LONG AND ELEV. ARE FOR C OF SW OF SW OF SEC. 20 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): ONE SURFACE PROSPECT PIT
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. 388.
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, L.J., AND MALAN, 1966, U.S. AEC PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORTS ON REPORTED OCCURRENCES OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, COLORADO, SAGUACHE COUNTY: PB-172 567.
Reference (Deposit): BRUNS, D.L., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE MOUNTAIN NE QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-1367.
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