The Mocking Bird Claim is a uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,101 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 9,101 Feet (2,774 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.26611, -105.85333
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Mocking Bird Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mocking Bird Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Radium
Tertiary: Cadmium
Tertiary: Tantalum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Hayden Pass Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Year Last Production: 1954
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
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.04 MR/HR BACKGROUND RADIATION, RANGE 0.4 TO 4.0 MR/HR. SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.366% EQUIV. U308, 0.271% U308, 0.68% CB, OTHER SAMPLES RANGED 0.015 TO 0.032% EQUIV. U, 0.006 TO 0.20% U, 0.031% TH, WITH MINOR RA
Materials
Ore: Monazite
Ore: Euxenite
Ore: Xenotime
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT CUTS AND PITS
Comment (Location): ALONG SOUTH PINEY CREEK AT BASE OF MOUNTAIN RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Production): IN 1954, 6 TONS OF 0.2% U308 ORE MINED AND YIELDED 24 LB U308.
References
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., AND OTHERS, 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS 1-892
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. 392-393
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