Dinosaur No. 1 Claim

The Dinosaur No. 1 Claim is a uranium mine located in Pueblo county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,230 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: Dinosaur No. 1 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Pueblo
District: Turkey Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: Military Reservation
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
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Canon City Embayment, Denver Basin

Type: L
Description: Red Creek (Turkey Creek) Anticline; County Line Syncline; Unnamed Normal Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.03 MR/HR, RANGE UP TO 0.36 MR/HR

Materials

Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON BOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.5 MILES NW OF STONE CITY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS IN DISCONTINUOUS RADIOACTIVE ZONE IN MORRISON FM SHALES. MINERALIZATION APPARENTLY LOCATED IN PARTLY SILICIFIED (REPLACED) DINOSAUR BONE

Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

References

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022

Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. DEB-PRR-(C-1503)

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. 376

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