Ram Lode and Pam Lode

The Ram Lode and Pam Lode is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,000 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

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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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