Sturbaum-Fister Mine

The Sturbaum-Fister Mine is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,799 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Sturbaum-Fister Mine

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont

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: Stanley Sturbaum, David And John Fister
Home Office: Canon City, Co.
Years: 1968 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1967
Year Last Production: 1968
Discovery Year: 1967
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: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Cotopaxi Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Ordovician

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

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

Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Ordovician

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED, NEAR ARKANSAS MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Production): ORE SHIPPED TO CANON CITY, COTTER MILL

References

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES INSPECTION RECORDS, 1968

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 (Production): COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES

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