The Unnamed Mine is a feldspar and uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,430 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: 11,430 Feet (3,484 Meters)
Commodity: Feldspar, Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.41139, -106.25528
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Unnamed Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Mine
Commodity
Primary: Feldspar
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Marshall Pass 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
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
Model Name: Pegmatites
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Chester Fault, Unnamed Normal Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Microcline
Gangue: Plagioclase
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): ON WEST SIDE OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE 1.5 MILES NW OF MARSHALL PASS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Deposit): DIKE TRENDS APPROX. N 60 E
Comment (Workings): ONE TUNNEL OF UNKNOWN LENGTH HEADING GENERALLY EASTWARD
References
Reference (Deposit): RANSPOT, H.W., 1958, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN CREEK AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: UNIV. COLORADO M.S. THESIS
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
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM--MARSHALL PASS DISTRICT, IN DEL RIO, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO--FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 357-359.
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE PAHLONE PEAK QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, SAGUACHE, AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-325.
Reference (Deposit): GROSS, E.B., 1965, A UNIQUE OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM MINERALS, MARSHALL PASS, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 50, NOS. 7-8, P. 909-923.
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