The Independent Claim is a copper and uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,652 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: 8,652 Feet (2,637 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.45056, -105.10972
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Independent Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Independent Claim
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: La Veta 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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
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: Culebra Massif
Type: L
Description: Vega Creek Anticline, La Veta Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Malachite
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY RANGES 3X BACKGROUND
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOWER WEST SLOPES OF KRUGER MTN. PROBABLE SITE WITHIN QUARTER-QUARTER DETERMINED FROM AIRPHOTOS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975) (1975)
Comment (Development): SOME DRILLING BY VANADIUM CORP. OF AMERICA
Comment (Deposit): YELLOW AND CHARTREUSE-COLORED (URANIUM) MINERALS OCCUR AS THIN COATINGS ON FRACTURES.
Comment (Workings): TRENCH AND SHAFT
References
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.
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. 183.
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