The Leopard Vanadium Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,920 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: 7,920 Feet (2,414 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.0425, -108.03444
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Leopard Vanadium Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Leopard Vanadium Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Lower San Miguel 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1971
Time Period: -1971
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.54% V205, 0.14% U308
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns
Type: L
Description: Iron Springs Fault, Sheep Draw Graben, Leonard Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: FLECK'S (1909) ANALYSES FROM NO. 3 CLAIM DRIFTS SHOWED GRADES AS HIGH AS 4.30 AND 5.75% V205
Materials
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): CLAIMS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL HILLSIDE ADITS DRIVEN GENERALLY EAST AND SE
Comment (Location): CLAIMS LIE ALONG EAST SIDE OF LEOPARD CREEK 2.2 TO 3.3 MILES ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH SAN MIGUEL RIVER AND NE OF PLACERVILLE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MAIN PORTAL IN NE NE SEC. 26. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Deposit): BEDS DIP VERY SLIGHTLY TO NW OFF WEST FLANK OF NNE-PLUNGING ASYMMETRICAL ANTICLINE BOUNDED ON EAST BY LEONARD FAULT AND ON WEST BY FAULTS EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTH END OF SHEEP DRAW GRABEN. BEDS AT MINE SITE CUT BY BIFURCATED SE END OF NW-TRENDING IRON SPRINGS FAULT. TRENDING SLIGHTLY MORE NW AND EXTENDING UP THROUGH SALT WASH MEMBER OF MORRISON FM ARE TWO CLASTIC DIKES CONTAINING VARIOUS ROCK TYPES, HAVING AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 1.5 TO 2 FT, AND OCCUPYING ESSENTIALLY VERTICAL JOINT SET. VANADIUM DEPOSIT LIES NEAR CENTER OF PRINCIPAL MINERALIZED BELT TOWARD NORTH END.
References
Reference (Deposit): FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1947, VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V.15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.
Reference (Deposit): BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AEREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E9
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 426.
Reference (Deposit): FLECK, HERMAN, 1909, RARE METALS-URANIUM AND VANADIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 3, NO. 3, P. 15-16, 18.
Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 19036
Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 426
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