The Sage Hen Claim is a uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,701 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: 8,701 Feet (2,652 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.37167, -106.72611
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Sage Hen Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sage Hen Claim
Secondary: Friendly Neighbor
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District
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: Past Producer
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; Gunnison Uplift
Type: L
Description: Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Development): DISTRICT MINED PREVIOUSLY FOR AU AND BASE METALS. GUNNISON MINING CO. DISCOVERED URANIUM IN 1954 ALONG LOS OCHOS FAULT.
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN SILICIFIED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN FAULT CONTACT WITH PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS. APPARENTLY SIMILAR TO THORNBURG MINE AND KATHY JO CLAIM
Comment (Location): PRINCIPAL LOCATION CITED AS SEC. 34, BUT DEPOSIT EXTENDS INTO SECS 35, 02, 03. BASED ON REFERENCE TO PRODUCTION AND OCCURRENCE AT FAULT ZONE, WORKINGS PROBABLY DEVELOPED ON LOS OCHOS FAULT IN SECS. 02 AND 03. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS FOR COMMON SECTION CORNER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Production): ORIGINAL CRIB ENTRY CITES PRODUCTION OF 4800 TONS ORE AT 0.15% U308 FROM 370-FT LEVEL (DMEA RECORDS)
References
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RAZOR CREEK DOME QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-748.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 394
Reference (Deposit): MALAN, R.C., AND RANSPOT, H.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE COCHETOPA MINING DISTRICT, SAGUACHE AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: ECON, GEOLOGY, V. 54, NO. 1, P9 1-19.
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