The Apache No. 4 Prospect is a uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,551 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: 9,551 Feet (2,911 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.39639, -106.33667
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Apache No. 4 Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Apache No. 4 Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Marshall Pass District
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Structure: Chester Fault, Indian Creek Syncline, Indian Creek Anticline
Description: Chester Fault, Indian Creek Syncline, Indian Creek Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.24% U308
Materials
Ore: Pitchblende
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): URANIUM OCCURS AS INTERSTITIAL FILLINGS AND AS COATINGS ON FRACTURES PROBABLY RELATED TO FOLDING ON INDIAN CREEK ANTICLINE
Comment (Location): ON NOSE OF RIDGE NORTH OF INDIAN CREEK 4.9 MILES WNW OF MARSHALL PASS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Development): EXPLORED BY DIAMOND CORE DRILLING
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM-MARSHALL PASS DISTRICT, IN DEL RIO, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO--FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 357-359.
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. 388.
Reference (Deposit): RANSPOT, H.W., 1958, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN CREEK AREA., GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: UNIV. COLORADO M.S. THESIS
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE PAHLONE PEAK QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, SAGUACHE, AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-325.
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