Beck Mountain Lode

The Beck Mountain Lode is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,499 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Beck Mountain Lode

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Crestone Needles Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Year: 1955

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1955
Year Last Production: 1955
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: Sangre De Cristo Range

Type: L
Description: Several Large, Northwest-Trending Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR BECK MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Production): ORE WAS SHIPPED TO MILL AT RIFLE, COLORADO

References

Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P. 119

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