Doc Armor Mine

The Doc Armor Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Moffat county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,001 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: Doc Armor Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  Moffat

Elevation: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium

Lat, Long: 40.60833, -107.60833

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Doc Armor Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Doc Armor Mine


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Moffat
District: Skull 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

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Wyoming Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: TABULAR


Structure

Type: R
Description: Uinta Uplift, Uinta Basin, Yampa Plateau, Douglas Creek Arch, Piceance Basin

Type: L
Description: Red Wash Syncline, Willow Creek Anticline


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite


Comments

Comment (Production): AS OF 1971, 784 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED AT GRADES OF 0.13% U308 AND 0.01% V205, PRODUCING 2016 LBS OF U308 AND 131 LBS OF V205 (NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978).

Comment (Location): INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)


References

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. 267.

Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972, 1: 250,000.


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