The Muleshoe Uranium Deposit is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,879 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: 9,879 Feet (3,011 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.58944, -105.18083
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Muleshoe Uranium Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Muleshoe Uranium Deposit
Secondary: Muleshoe
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
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: Raton Basin Trough
Type: L
Description: Rough Mountain Intrusion, Mount Mestas Intrusion, Sangre De Cristo Mountains Frontal Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: REPORTED GRADE OF 0.15 % U308, 1.95 % V205
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SLOPE OR PROJECTION OF ROUGH MTN. TOPO MAP SHOWS MINE OPENINGS IN NE NE AND SE SE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR C E4 SEC. 13. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69
Reference (Deposit): VINE, J.D., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND CROSS SECTIONS OF THE LA VETA PASS, LA VETA, AND RITTER ARROYO QUADRANGLES, HUERFANO AND COSTILLA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-833.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 183-184.
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