The Damn Fool Claims is a uranium mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,601 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: 11,601 Feet (3,536 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.95694, -105.55833
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Damn Fool Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Damn Fool Claims
Secondary: Hopeful 1-3
Secondary: Macho 1-20
Secondary: Crestone 1-6
Secondary: Margaret Group
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Wet Mountains Area
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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains
Type: L
Description: Thrust Faults Nearby; Strong Foliation In Formation
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.13 PERCENT U308
Materials
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Location): OCCURRENCES THROUGHOUT AREA; LOCATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE FOR UNIDENTIFIED MINE TO SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN HAND PEAK. IT IS WITHIN GENERAL AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Production): TEST SHIPMENT OF ONE TON AVERAGED 0.13 PERCENT U308
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P. 120
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