The Deer Ridge Claim is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,999 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: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.26667, -105.32778
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Deer Ridge Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deer Ridge Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Grape Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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: Norman Soden, O.W. Ball
Home Office: Colo.
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains, Locke Park Paleovalley
Type: L
Description: Locke Park Paleovalley, Shear Zone
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Argillic bleaching
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Weathering, Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY TO 40 TIMES BACKGROUND
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE. INFORMATION FROM PRR-1798, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: MAX. 4 THE COUNTRY ROCK IS GRANITE AND GRANITE GNEISS; RADIOACTIVIT ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITIC ALTERATION AND KAOLINIZATION. THE COVERED ON THE 15 MINUTE USGS MAP, ROYAL GORGE.
Comment (Development): SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS HAVE BEEN OPENED
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Location): BILLY JOE, BLUE RIDGE, AND RED BIRD CLAIMS ALL IN SAME AREA; UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Location): Duplicate records gave location as 38-15-42, -105-19-45, est. which is about 1/3 mi. SSW.
Comment (Orebody): From deleted/duplicate record 10118324=0080430029): Type of Orebody #1 : SHEAR ZONE Shape of Orebody #1 : IRREGULAR Shape of Orebody #2 : TABULAR Primary mode of Origin : OXIDATION Primary Ore Control : FRACTURING Degree of Wallrock Alter. : MODERATE Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 : INTERM ARGILLIC Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 : BLEACHING
Comment (Deposit): For deleted record 10118324, INFORMATION FROM PRR-1798, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: MAX. 4 THE COUNTRY ROCK IS GRANITE AND GRANITE GNEISS; RADIOACTIVIT ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITIC ALTERATION AND KAOLINIZATION. THE COVERED ON THE 15 MINUTE USGS MAP, ROYAL GORGE.
References
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. 146-147.
Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): USBM MAS FILE 1976
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