Bob Cat Mine

The Bob Cat Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,140 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: Bob Cat Mine

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Thorium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Crestone District

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: 1971
Time Period: 1953-1954
Mined: 41.000 mt
Material type: uranium ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
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

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift

Type: L
Description: Sangre De Cristo Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ORE GRADE 0.14% U308, 0.08% V205

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): LAT-LONG GIVEN IS C N2 SEC 26 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Production): IN 1953-54, 46 TONS ORE MINED AT 0.14% U308 AND 0.08% V205, YIELDING 131 LB U308 AND 78 LB V205

Comment (Deposit): ZONED PEGMATITE

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS AND PITS

References

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BILIIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 389

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