The Unnamed Uranium Occurrences is a uranium and gold mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,999 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: 8,999 Feet (2,743 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Gold
Lat, Long: 38.17722, -106.43472
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Unnamed Uranium Occurrences MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Uranium Occurrences
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Sheep Creek Area
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: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
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: San Juan Volcanic Field, Bonanza Volcanic Center
Type: L
Description: Sheep Creek Fault Zone, Sheep Creek Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG SHEEP CR. AND ANTELOPE CR. AND TRIBUTARIES. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS COMMON CORNER OF SECS. 4, 5, 8, AND 9 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS ALSO INCLUDE QUARTZ LATITES OF SAPINERO MESA TUFF AND FISH CANYON TUFF AND POSSIBLY SANDSTONES OF THE MORRISON (JURASSIC) AND DAKOTA (CRETACEOUS) FORMATIONS
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH BLOCK FAULTING ALONG THE SHEEP CREEK FAULT ZONE, WHICH TRENDS N35E TO DUE NORTH
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS PROSPECTS
References
Reference (Deposit): BRUNS, D.L., AND OTHERS, 1971, STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS BETWEEN BONANZA CENTER AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO, IN JAMES, H.L., ED., GUIDEBOOK OF THE SAN LUIS BASIN, COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC., P. 183-190
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. 395
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