The South Apache Creek Prospects is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,441 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,441 Feet (2,268 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.85083, -104.95417
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South Apache Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: South Apache Creek Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
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: Underground
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: Wet Mountains Uplift
Type: L
Description: Greenhorn Anticline, Delcarbon Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BASKIN'S CHIP SAMPLES FROM ADITS CONTAINED 0.001% U308 AND 0.03% V 205
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG SOUTH APACHE CREEK 6.1 MILES NE OF BADITO CONE. ELEV AND LAT -LONG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT IN NW NW SEC. 25. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = PUEBLO 1:250000
Comment (Workings): THREE TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN LENGTH
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 MLA 26-83.
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