The Mcguire Lode is a uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,140 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: 8,140 Feet (2,481 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 37.55167, -105.13694
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Mcguire Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mcguire Lode
Secondary: C.E. Wilson Property
Secondary: Mcguire prospect
Secondary: Mcguire
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: La Veta Pass Area 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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
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
Model Name: Sandstone U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Culebra Massif, Culebra Range, Raton Basin Trough
Type: L
Description: La Veta Syncline, Sangre De Cristo Mtns. Frontal Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.04 MR/HR BACKGROUND, RANGES TO 10X BACKGROUND
Analytical Data: REPORTED GRADE OF 0.177 % U3O8
Materials
Ore: Calciovolborthite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Carnotite
Comments
Comment (Workings): ONE PIT, UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF 80-FT SHAFT SUNK FOR AG-PB-RA
Comment (Location): ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF MIDDLE CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)
References
Reference (Deposit): VINE, J.D., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND CROSS SECTIONS OFTHE LA VETA PASS, LA VETA, AND RITTER ARROYO QUADRANGLES, HUERFANO AND COSTILLA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-833.
Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., AND STEPHENS, J.G., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE LA VETA AREA, HUERFANO COUNTY: USGS MAP OM-146.
Reference (Deposit): FINCH PUNCH CARD-DELAUGHTER 10/57 COMPILER
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 183.
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