The Mountain Goat is a uranium mine located in Boulder county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,098 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: 10,098 Feet (3,078 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 39.99528, -105.63389
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Mountain Goat MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mountain Goat
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Colorado
County: Boulder
District: Caribou District
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: Vein
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: Front Range Uplift, Boulder Creek Batholith
Type: L
Description: Caribou Stock, Eldora-Bryan Mtn Stock
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.02 MR/HR, RANGE 0.02 TO 1.0 MR/HR. SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.01 TO 0.2 % EQUIV U3O8.
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON MIDDLE FORK OF NORTH BOULDER CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Development): IN 1956, MINE PRODUCED 4 TONS ORE AT GRADE OF 0.11% U3O8, YIELDING 8 LB U3O8
Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH COARSE-GRAINED BIOTITE IN PEGMATITE AND ALONG JOINTS AND FRACTURES IN GNEISS AND PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH PROMINENT FAULT TRENDING N 60 W.
References
Reference (Deposit): LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 197-202, PL. 2.
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. 85
Reference (Deposit): MOORE, F.B., AND OTHERS, 1957, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CARIBOU AREA, BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1030-N
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