The Rupp Property is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,650 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,650 Feet (2,027 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.56972, -105.27000
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Rupp Property MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rupp Property
Secondary: Raup Mine 39
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Canon City Embayment, Fourmile Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Rampart Exploration
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1976 -
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Southern Colorado Front Range, Canon City Embayment
Type: L
Description: Ns-Trending Anticline; Syncline To East; Mikesell Gulch Fault
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching And Other Alteration
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY TO 12 TIMES BACKGROUND
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES ON WEST SIDE OF ANTICLINE
Comment (Location): BETWEEN MAVERICK GULCH AND SEEP SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT, DRILLING
References
Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 151.
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