The Ram Lode and Pam Lode is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,000 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
Elevation: 10,000 Feet (3,048 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.10083, -105.75500
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Ram Lode and Pam Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ram Lode and Pam Lode
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
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
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Pegmatites
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Gibson Peak Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: PAM LODE ORE ASSAYED 0.06% U308, 0.04% V205
Analytical Data: RAM LODE ORE ASSAYED 0.16% U308, 0.09% V205
Materials
Ore: Autunite
Ore: Samarskite
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Xenotime
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): SHALLOW OPEN CUTS
Comment (Location): ALONG RITO ALTO CR. AND ON DIVIDE BETWEEN RITO ALTO AND WILD CHERRY CREEKS. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS COMMON CORNER OF PROJECTED SECTIONS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Production): IN 1955, PAM LODE PRODUCED 10 TONS ORE AT 0.06% U308, 0.04% V205, YIELDING 12 LB U308 AND 8 LB V205, RAM LODE PRODUCED 19 TONS ORE AT 0.16% U308, 0.09% V205, YIELDING 61 LB U308 AND 34 LB V205
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. 393
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