The La Rue Claims is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,531 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: 9,531 Feet (2,905 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 38.30194, -106.78111
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La Rue Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: La Rue Claims
Secondary: La Rue No. 2
Secondary: La Rue No. 22
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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
Owner Name: E. V. Storey
Home Office: Gunnison, Co.
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type: L
Description: Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome; Unnamed Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SELECTED SAMPLE ANALYZED 0.26% U3O8 AND 0.23% EQUIV. U3O8
Materials
Ore: Uranophane
Ore: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Location): SW OF MERCURY MINE AND ELISHA GROUP. LAT-LONG AND ELEV. GIVEN FOR LA RUE PROSPECT IN NW OF SW SEC 29 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Production): IN 1954-60, 7 TONS ORE MINED AT GRADE OF 0.20% U3O8 AND 0.11% V2O5, YIELDING 28 LB U3O8 AND 16 LB V2O5
Comment (Development): DISTRICT MINED PREVIOUSLY FOR AU AND BASE METALS. GUNNISON MINING CO. DISCOVERED URANIUM IN 1954 ALONG LOS OCHOS FAULT.
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECT LIES ON N 45 W TRENDING FAULT 1400 FT NW OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH MAJOR EAST-WEST TRENDING FAULT. FAULT DISPLACES RHYOLITE TUFF AGAINST DAKOTA SS.
References
Reference (Deposit): MALAN, R.C., AND RANSPOT, H.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE COCHETOPA MINING DISTRICT, SAGUACHE AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 54, NO. 1, P. 1-19.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 390-391
Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-733
Reference (Deposit): COLO. DIV. MINES INF. REPT. 11/17/54
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