The Willow Claims is a uranium mine located in Park county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,859 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: 9,859 Feet (3,005 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.75944, -105.67528
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Willow Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Willow Claims
Secondary: Bell Property
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
District: Guffey 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: Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Guffey Volcanic Center
Type: L
Description: Buffalo Gulch Fault, Nw-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Opal
Gangue: Clay
Comments
Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): ONE BULLDOZER CUT AND TWO PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIO GRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 370.
Reference (Deposit): EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GUFFEY QUADRANGLE, PARK COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1180, 1:62,500
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