The Ant Claims is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,125 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,125 Feet (1,867 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.53389, -105.26556
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Ant Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ant Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Canon City Embayment, Fourmile Creek Area, Shaws Park 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Trites Exploration (Al Trites)
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1977 -
Owner Name: Minerals Engineering Co. (Mec0)
Home Office: Grand Junction, Co.
Years: 1977 -
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: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDDED
Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Colorado Front Range, Canon City Embayment
Type: L
Description: Chandler Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VALUES OF 0.10 % U308 WITH PODS UP TO 0.30 % U308.
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Workings): 600 FT RIM CUT
Comment (Location): PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE DILLEY RANCH. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Commodity): THE MAIN DEPOSIT IS A LOG REPLACED BY CARNOTITE
References
Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 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. 144.
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