Mercury-Alpine Mine

The Mercury-Alpine Mine is a uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 12,579 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: Mercury-Alpine Mine
Secondary: Mercury 1-5
Secondary: Alpine 1-5 Claims

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Hermit Pass 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

Owner Name: Col Tex.
Home Office: San Antonio, Tx .
Years: 1962 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year Last Production: 1962
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sandstone U

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range

Type: L
Description: Cotton Lake Anticline, Gibson Peak Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Uraninite

Comments

Comment (Location): AT HEAD OF RITO ALTO CR. NEAR HERMIT PASS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Production): COLO. DIV MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPORT CITES 1962 PRODUCTION OF 37,830 LB URANIUM ORE

References

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. 392.

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

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