The Huerfano Park uranium prospect is a mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado.
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Huerfano Park uranium prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Huerfano Park uranium prospect
Commodity
Secondary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sandstone U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: La Veta syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Conglomerate
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Commodity): Several surface samples assayed more than 0.1 % U3O8.
Comment (Geology): Uranium occurs in arkosic beds in Oligocene(?) Farisita Conglomerate.
Comment (Location): MIning claims cover 7,000 acres in NW Huerfano County, about 8 miles NW of Gardner, in secs 3-10, 17, 18, T 25 S, R 70 W; and secs 12, 13, T 25 S, R 71 W.
Comment (Production): A small amount of ore was produced, yielding uranium and vanadium.
References
Reference (Production): Nelson-Moore, J.L., Collins, D.B., and Hornbaker, A.L., 1978, Radioactive mineral occurrences of Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1054 p., 12 pl.
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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