The Anal No. 1 Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,061 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: 8,061 Feet (2,457 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.87611, -105.24583
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Anal No. 1 Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Anal No. 1 Mine
Secondary: Buckhorn
Secondary: Mitzy
Secondary: M.P. Nos. 1-9
Secondary: Security Exploration Co. Claim
Secondary: Virginia-Verna
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: Gardner Area
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: 1955
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.28 % U308, 0.55 % V205
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Year Last Production: 1955
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
Model Name: Sandstone U
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Raton Basin Trough
Type: L
Description: La Veta Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe Oxidation
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.03 MR/HR BACKGROUND, RANGES 2.5 TO +5 MR/HR
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ORIGINAL LISTING INCLUDED SECS. 04, 05, 08, 09, 10, 16. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER OF SEC. 17. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Deposit): LIMONITE-STAINED CARBONACEOUS SHALE INTERBEDDED WITH SMALL LENSES OF MED- TO CRSE-GRAINED ARKOSIC SANDSTONE.
References
Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 182.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1071-D.
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