The Sturbaum-Fister Mine is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.42194, -105.71972
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Sturbaum-Fister Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sturbaum-Fister Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
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: Stanley Sturbaum, David And John Fister
Home Office: Canon City, Co.
Years: 1968 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1967
Year Last Production: 1968
Discovery Year: 1967
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: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Cotopaxi Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED, NEAR ARKANSAS MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED TO CANON CITY, COTTER MILL
References
Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES INSPECTION RECORDS, 1968
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 (Production): COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES
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