The Bob Cat Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,140 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,140 Feet (2,481 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.04944, -105.73583
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Bob Cat Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bob Cat Mine
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Thorium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Crestone District
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: 1971
Time Period: 1953-1954
Mined: 41.000 mt
Material type: uranium ore
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 0.14% U308, 0.08% V205
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LAT-LONG GIVEN IS C N2 SEC 26 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Production): IN 1953-54, 46 TONS ORE MINED AT 0.14% U308 AND 0.08% V205, YIELDING 131 LB U308 AND 78 LB V205
Comment (Deposit): ZONED PEGMATITE
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BILIIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 389
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