Ridgeway No. 3 Claim

The Ridgeway No. 3 Claim is a uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,501 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

Name: Ridgeway No. 3 Claim  

State:  Colorado

County:  Saguache

Elevation: 8,501 Feet (2,591 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.35639, -106.78278

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Ridgeway No. 3 Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ridgeway No. 3 Claim


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District


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

Owner Name: James Berger And Thomas Liggett
Home Office: Gunnison, Co.
Years: 1955 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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; Gunnison Uplift

Type: L
Description: Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hematite Staining


Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.01 TO 0.015 MR/HR, RANGE 0.05 TO 0.3 MR/HR


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Development): DISTRICT MINED PREVIOUSLY FOR AU AND BASE METALS. GUNNISON MINING CO. DISCOVERED URANIUM IN 1954 ALONG LOS OCHOS FAULT.

Comment (Location): NORTH OF MUDDY CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Deposit): SHEAR ZONES TREND N55E AND N70W AND INTERSECT NEAR UPPER PROSPECT PIT

Comment (Workings): TWO PROSPECT PITS 2 FT AND 4 FT DEEP


References

Reference (Deposit): MALAN, R.C., AND RANSPOT, H.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE COCHETOPA MINING DISTRICT, SAGUACHE AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 54, NO. 1, P. 1-19.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 394

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-733


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