The Dallas Dottie Prospect is a vanadium, copper, and uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,341 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: 9,341 Feet (2,847 Meters)
Commodity: Vanadium, Copper, Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.40528, -105.10167
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Dallas Dottie Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dallas Dottie Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Vanadium
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: Occurrence
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: Sediment-hosted Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Culebra Massif
Type: L
Description: La Veta Syncline
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Azurite
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY RANGES TO 2000 CPS
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND 150 CPS
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON BIG BRANCH OR OTHER UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CUCHARAS RIVER 2 MILES NORTH OF CUCHARA. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER OF SW/4. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Commodity): SEE GENERAL COMMENTS FOR CHIP SAMPLE ASSAY
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. 182-183.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.
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