The Pine Canyon Lode is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,201 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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.46, -105.85111
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Pine Canyon Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Canyon Lode
Secondary: Southmost Claim Group
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Wellsville 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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Edgar Reigel
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range, Pleasant Valley Graben
Type: L
Description: Major Intraformational Unconformity
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.006 TO 0.016 % EU308
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY TO 3 TIMES BACKGROUND
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): POSSIBLY EXTENDS TO SECTIONS 28, 29, 32, 33; 100 FT SOUTH OF ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL DRIVEN ALONG BEDDING
References
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-892, 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. 151.
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