Parks Lode Claim

The Parks Lode Claim is a copper and uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,199 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Parks Lode Claim

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: La Veta Pass Area

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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

Type: L
Description: Vega Creek Anticline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Malachite, Azurite

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.01 MR/HR BACKGROUND, RANGE TO 40X BACKGROUND.
Analytical Data: 2.22 % CU
Analytical Data: 2.62 % V2O5
Analytical Data: 0.58-0.8 % EU3O8

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Azurite
Ore: Tyuyamunite

Comments

Comment (Development): 40-FT SHAFT NEAR THIS OCCURRENCE WAS SUNK ORIGINALLY FOR COPPER.

Comment (Location): EAST OF D AND RGW RAILROAD BY UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF SOUTH MIDDLE CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975) (1975)

Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH YELLOW SECONDARY MINERAL

Comment (Workings): 40-FT SHAFT

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 184.

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