The Soda Springs Group is a uranium mine located in Larimer county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,101 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: 9,101 Feet (2,774 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.67722, -105.61528
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Soda Springs Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Soda Springs Group
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth
Tertiary: REE
Location
State: Colorado
County: Larimer
District: Mayesville District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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
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: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type: L
Description: Poudre River Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: USGS/USBM SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.3 OZ/TON AG, TRACE PB, BI, AND Y, 0.043 % U308
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Uranophane
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ZONED PEGMATITE TRENDS NE AND DIPS NEARLY VERTICAL. 2-FT-WIDE FELDSPAR-RICH OUTER ZONE CONTAINS GIANT BLADED BIOTITE; INNER ZONE IS QUARTZ-GRAPHIC GRANITE. SECONDARY U COATS MINUTE FRACTURES.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT
Comment (Location): MOSTLY ON NW SIDE OF MINERAL SPRINGS GULCH. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT ON HILLTOP NEAR CENTER N2 SEC. 07. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)
References
Reference (Deposit): PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COMANCHE-BIG SOUTH, NEOTA-FLAT TOP, AND NEVER SUMMER WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS OFR 81-578, P. 27, 30, 32.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 210.
Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978
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