The Perry Delellis Claim is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,041 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: 7,041 Feet (2,146 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.33, -105.73611
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Perry Delellis Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Perry Delellis Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Cottonwood Creek Area/Little Cottonwood 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
Owner Name: Perry De Lellis
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: Sandstone U
Orebody
Form: irregular
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range, Wet Mountain Valley Graben
Type: L
Description: Alvarado Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY TO 15 TIMES BACKGROUND
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Trace: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Workings): A VERY SMALL EXCAVATION WAS STARTED IN THE SIDE OF THE HILL
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED; "300 YDS UP BUTTER CREEK AND ABOUT 30 FT UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CREEK" ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 150
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