The Little Star Claims is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Moffat county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 40.35111, -108.61917
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Little Star Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Little Star Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Moffat
District: Skull Creek 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift, Uinta Basin, Yampa Plateau, Douglas Creek Arch, Piceance Basin
Type: L
Description: Red Wash Syncline, Willow Creek Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RANGE OF RADIOACTIVITY-0.6 TO 4.0 MR/HR
Materials
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1962 EDITION
Comment (Production): AS OF 1971, 1,671 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED AT GRADES OF 0.23% U308 AND 0.21 % V205, PRODUCING 7,597 LBS OF V308 AND 7,017 LBS OF V205 (NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978).
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B., AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 270.
Reference (Deposit): ROWLEY, PETER AND OTHERS, 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VERNAL 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, COLORADO, UTAH, AND WYOMING: USGS MAP MF-1163, 1: 250,000.
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