The Shorty Lode is a vanadium and uranium mine located in La Plata county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,230 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 11,230 Feet (3,423 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.40639, -108.09694
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Shorty Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Shorty Lode
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Colorado
County: La Plata
District: California (La Plata) 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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1971
Time Period: -1971
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.13% U3o8, 0.10% V2o5
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Navajo Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform
Type: L
Description: La Plata Dome
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Syenite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Roscoelite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Uranophane
Comments
Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). PROBABLY ON SE FLANK OF GIBB PEAK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT 0.5 MILE WSW OF ALLARD TUNNEL. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1974
References
Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 205
Reference (Deposit): ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 205.
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