The Cougar Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,099 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: 6,099 Feet (1,859 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.05917, -108.92556
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Cougar Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cougar Mine
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Slick Rock District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR, IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin Fold And Fault Belt
Type: L
Description: Disappointment Syncline, Dolores Anticline, Dolores Zone Of Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: COLEMAN AND DELEVAUX (1957) REPORT CHALCOCITE CONTAINED 0.13 TO 4.93% SE (9 SAMPLES), AVERAGING 1.22% SE
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite
Gangue: Chalcocite
Gangue: Digenite
Comments
Comment (Location): CLAIM LIES ON EAST EDGE OF HORSE RANGE MESA ON SECOND BENCH ABOVE AND WEST OF DOLORES RIVER AND SOUTH OF COUGAR CANYON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975
Comment (Deposit): U AND V OCCUR IN TYPICAL COLORADO PLATEAU ROLL-FRONT DEPOSITS WITH SOME U CONCENTRATED IN FOSSILIZED LOGS. ACCESSORY MINERALS CHARACTERIZED BY RARE SELENIDES OF CU, AG, AND PB. CHALCOCITE NODULES CONTAIN INTERGROWN CLAUSTHALITE (PBSE), DIGENITE (CU(2-X)S), AND EUCAIRITE (CUAGSE). CATER (1955) ALSO MENTIONS OCCURRENCE OF CU CARBONATE, DISSEMINATED CU-V AND CU-U MINERALS.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN EXTENT AND APPARENT SURFACE EXCAVATIONS
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 401.
Reference (Deposit): COLEMAN, R.G., AND DELEVAUX, MARYSE, 1957, OCCURRENCE OF SELENIUM IN SULFIDES FROM SOME SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: ECON. GEOLOGY, V 52, P. 499-527.
Reference (Deposit): SHAWE, D.R., AND OTHERS, 1968, STRATIGRAPHY OF SLICK ROCK DISTRICT AND VICINITY, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-A.
Reference (Deposit): CATER, F.W., JR., 1955, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HORSE RANGE MESA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-64.
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