The Buckman Property is a uranium and copper mine located in Jefferson county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,801 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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Copper
Lat, Long: 39.76833, -105.27667
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Buckman Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Buckman Property
Secondary: Golden Gate Canyon Prospect No. 2
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Colorado
County: Jefferson
District: Ralston Buttes District
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: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type: L
Description: Hurricane Hill Fault System
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE SAMPLES FROM ADIT RANGED FROM 0.062 TO 0.86% U, WITH 0.08 TO 0.10% CU, 0.015 TO 0.07% PB, 0.03 TO 0.05% ZN, 4.04 TO 8.19% FE2O3, 0.2 TO 5.4% CACO3, TRACE AU, 0 TO 0.04 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Covellite
Ore: Pitchblende
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG GOLDEN GATE CANYON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Development): ADIT DRIVEN ABOUT 1916 PRESUMABLY EXPLORING FOR SULFIDES
Comment (Deposit): PITCHBLENDE OCCURS AS MASSES AND COLLOFORM COATINGS IN NE-STRIKING, SE-DIPPING, SHEARED, HEMATITE-STAINED, SULFIDE-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS CUTTING BIOTITE GNEISS. SULFIDES ARE SPARSELY DISSEMINATED IN AND ON MARGINS OF QUARTZ VEIN. OCCURRENCE DIFFERS FROM OTHERS IN GOLDEN GATE CANYON AREA IN THAT IT SHOWS NO CLOSE RELATIONSHIP TO CARBONATE-BEARING FAULTS. MINERAL DEPOSITION DID NOT PROGRESS FAR BEYOND PITCHBLENDE-HEMATITE PHASE, AS SHOWN BY RELATIVE SPARSENESS OF CU MINERALS AND ABSENCE OF POST-ORE ANKERITE. OCCURRENCE THUS MAY REPRESENT ONLY FIRST STAGES OF SEQUENCE OF METALLIZATION POSSIBLE FROM MINERALIZING SOLUTIONS.
Comment (Workings): ONE ADIT DRIVEN GENERALLY N 70 E FOR 86 FT WITH 25-FT WINZE SUNK AT HEADING
References
Reference (Deposit): ADAMS, J.W., AND STUGARD, FREDERICK, JR., 1956, WALL-ROCK CONTROL OF CERTAIN PITCHBLENDE DEPOSITS IN GOLDEN GATE CANYON, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1030-G.
Reference (Deposit): ADAMS, J.W., AND OTHERS, 1953, URANIUM OCCURRENCES IN THE GOLDEN GATE CANYON AND RALSTON CREEK AREAS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS CIRC. 320
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 191
Reference (Deposit): SHERIDAN, DOUGLAS M. AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RALSTON BUTTES DISTRICT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 520.
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