Deer Ridge Claim

The Deer Ridge Claim is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,999 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: Deer Ridge Claim  

State:  Colorado

County:  Fremont

Elevation: 7,999 Feet (2,438 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.26667, -105.32778

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Deer Ridge Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Deer Ridge Claim


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Grape Creek Area


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: Norman Soden, O.W. Ball
Home Office: Colo.
Info Year: 1975


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains, Locke Park Paleovalley

Type: L
Description: Locke Park Paleovalley, Shear Zone


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration: Argillic bleaching

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Weathering, Oxidation


Rocks

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Gneiss
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY TO 40 TIMES BACKGROUND


Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Commodity): RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITE. INFORMATION FROM PRR-1798, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: MAX. 4 THE COUNTRY ROCK IS GRANITE AND GRANITE GNEISS; RADIOACTIVIT ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITIC ALTERATION AND KAOLINIZATION. THE COVERED ON THE 15 MINUTE USGS MAP, ROYAL GORGE.

Comment (Development): SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS HAVE BEEN OPENED

Comment (Workings): PROSPECT PITS

Comment (Location): BILLY JOE, BLUE RIDGE, AND RED BIRD CLAIMS ALL IN SAME AREA; UNSURVEYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Location): Duplicate records gave location as 38-15-42, -105-19-45, est. which is about 1/3 mi. SSW.

Comment (Orebody): From deleted/duplicate record 10118324=0080430029): Type of Orebody #1 : SHEAR ZONE Shape of Orebody #1 : IRREGULAR Shape of Orebody #2 : TABULAR Primary mode of Origin : OXIDATION Primary Ore Control : FRACTURING Degree of Wallrock Alter. : MODERATE Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 : INTERM ARGILLIC Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 : BLEACHING

Comment (Deposit): For deleted record 10118324, INFORMATION FROM PRR-1798, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: MAX. 4 THE COUNTRY ROCK IS GRANITE AND GRANITE GNEISS; RADIOACTIVIT ASSOCIATED WITH LIMONITIC ALTERATION AND KAOLINIZATION. THE COVERED ON THE 15 MINUTE USGS MAP, ROYAL GORGE.


References

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. 146-147.

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): USBM MAS FILE 1976


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