Pine Canyon Lode

The Pine Canyon Lode is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,201 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: Pine Canyon Lode
Secondary: Southmost Claim Group

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Wellsville 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

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Edgar Reigel

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
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

Not available

Orebody

Form: TABULAR, LENTICULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range, Pleasant Valley Graben

Type: L
Description: Major Intraformational Unconformity

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.006 TO 0.016 % EU308
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY TO 3 TIMES BACKGROUND

Materials

Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Location): POSSIBLY EXTENDS TO SECTIONS 28, 29, 32, 33; 100 FT SOUTH OF ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Workings): TUNNEL DRIVEN ALONG BEDDING

References

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-892, 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. 151.

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