Perry Delellis Claim

The Perry Delellis Claim is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,041 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: Perry Delellis Claim

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Cottonwood Creek Area/Little Cottonwood 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

Owner Name: Perry De Lellis
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1975

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Form: irregular

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range, Wet Mountain Valley Graben

Type: L
Description: Alvarado Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY TO 15 TIMES BACKGROUND

Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Trace: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Workings): A VERY SMALL EXCAVATION WAS STARTED IN THE SIDE OF THE HILL

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED; "300 YDS UP BUTTER CREEK AND ABOUT 30 FT UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CREEK" ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 150

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