The Beginner's Luck Claim is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,799 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: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.10639, -105.76000
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Beginner's Luck Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beginner's Luck Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
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: Past Producer
Deposit Type: fracture filling
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type: L
Structure: localllized in thrust fault along east flank of Sangre de Cristo Range
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault, Gibson Peak Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Name: Quartzite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.04 MR/HR, RANGE TO 1.3 MR/HR, ORE GRADE 0.15% U308, 0.09% V205
Materials
Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Autunite
Ore: Uraninite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALONG WILD CHERRY CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Production): IN 1955, NINE TONS ORE MINED AT 0.15% U308, 0.09% V205, YIELDING 26 LB U308 AND 16 LB V205
Comment (Deposit): ORE IN DISCONTINUOUS FRACTURES 1 TO 5 FT LONG, SEVERAL INCHES THICK, TRENDING N 41 W, 56 SW.
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RAIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL, 40, P. 388
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