The Bell Air Claims is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,661 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: 7,661 Feet (2,335 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 37.76194, -105.01583
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Bell Air Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bell Air Claims
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
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: Prospect
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: Raton Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sandstone U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains Uplift
Type: L
Description: Greenhorn Anticline, Unnamed Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO CHIP SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.07% V205. CHIP SAMPLES FROM TRENCH IN NW SEC. 28 CONTAINED 0.004% U308, 0.02% V205, 0.01 TO 0.12% F. SELECT DUMP SAMPLE FROM SHAFT IN NW SEC. 28 CONTAINE ED 0.01% CU.
Analytical Data: BASKIN'S SELECT SAMPLE FROM PIT IN SEC. 29 CONTAINED 0.005% U308, 0.03% V205, 0.2 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Gangue: Malachite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): ONE TO 1.5 MILES SOUTH AND SE OF BADITO CONE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GI VEN ARE FOR PROSPECT PIT IN NW SE SEC. 29. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PITS, TRENCH, ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.
Reference (Deposit): BASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM M LA 26-83.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENC ES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 182.
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