Unnamed Uranium Occurrences

The Unnamed Uranium Occurrences is a uranium and gold mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,999 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

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed Uranium Occurrences

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Sheep Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Unknown
Operation Type: Unknown
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: San Juan Volcanic Field, Bonanza Volcanic Center

Type: L
Description: Sheep Creek Fault Zone, Sheep Creek Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Quartz Latite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG SHEEP CR. AND ANTELOPE CR. AND TRIBUTARIES. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS COMMON CORNER OF SECS. 4, 5, 8, AND 9 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS ALSO INCLUDE QUARTZ LATITES OF SAPINERO MESA TUFF AND FISH CANYON TUFF AND POSSIBLY SANDSTONES OF THE MORRISON (JURASSIC) AND DAKOTA (CRETACEOUS) FORMATIONS

Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION IS PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH BLOCK FAULTING ALONG THE SHEEP CREEK FAULT ZONE, WHICH TRENDS N35E TO DUE NORTH

Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS PROSPECTS

References

Reference (Deposit): BRUNS, D.L., AND OTHERS, 1971, STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS BETWEEN BONANZA CENTER AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO, IN JAMES, H.L., ED., GUIDEBOOK OF THE SAN LUIS BASIN, COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC., P. 183-190

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. 395

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