The Santa Rosa Claim is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,360 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: 8,360 Feet (2,548 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 37.69083, -105.27556
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Santa Rosa Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Santa Rosa Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: La Veta Pass Area 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
Not available
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: 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: Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif,Raton Basin Trough
Type: L
Description: Malachite Syncline, Palo Duro And Related Thrust Faults
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Malachite, Azurite
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.04 MR/HR BACKGROUND, RANGE TO 2X BACKGROUND
Analytical Data: REPORTED ASSAY OF 1 TO 2 % V
Materials
Ore: Autunite
Ore: Azurite
Ore: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY A COPPER PROSPECT. REPORTED PRODUCTION GRADES OF 0.3 TO 0.36 % U3O8 AND 1 TO 2 % V2O5.
Comment (Location): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978) AND CRIB CITE SEC. 13 AS LOCATION, BUT AIRPHOTOS SUGGEST LOCATION ON OUTCROP IN SEC. 24. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1071-D.
Reference (Deposit): TE1-59, P. 206-207.
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