The Brandt Claims is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,201 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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.52361, -105.04250
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Brandt Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Brandt Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Beaver Creek Area, Soda Springs Park Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Red Mountain Clay Co., J. Brandt
Years: 1980 -
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, TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Canon City Embayment, Colorado Front Range
Type: L
Description: Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: There Is A Cap Of Altered Montmorillonite (?) Over The Dakota Formation
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: INFORMATION FROM PRR-1797, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: MAX. 1 SAMPLES ASSAYED ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF .20% U308.
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Montmorillonite
Gangue: Iron
Comments
Comment (Development): THERE WERE SEVERAL EXPLORATION PITS AND 16 TEN FT DRILL HOLES. A SMALL ORE BODY WAS DEVELOPED, BUT THERE WAS NO PRODUCTION
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL EXPLORATION PITS, DRILLING
Comment (Location): POSSIBLY ALSO EXTENDS INTO SECTION 32 AND SECTIONS 5 AND 6, T 18 S, R 68 W ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
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. 145.
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G. R., TAYLOR, R. B., EPIS, R. C., WOBUS, R. A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1: 250,000.
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