The Dave Welsh Claim is a uranium mine located in Las Animas county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,564 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: 5,564 Feet (1,696 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.24806, -104.26306
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Dave Welsh Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dave Welsh Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Las Animas
District: Trinidad Area
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
Type: Surface
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Raton Basin Trough, Sierra Grande Uplift
Type: L
Description: Model Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TO 0.42 MR/HR MEASURED
Analytical Data: 0.05 MR/HR BACKGROUND
Materials
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum
Comments
Comment (Location): PROBABLE LOCATION OF PROSPECT TRENCH WITHIN SECTION DETERMINED FROM AMS AIRPHOTOS (1953). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
Comment (Workings): SMALL PIT DUG ON EDGE OF PROSPECT TRENCH.
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH GYPSUM-LIMONITE ZONE IN SHALE.
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. 215.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.
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