South Apache Creek Prospects

The South Apache Creek Prospects is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,441 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: South Apache Creek Prospects

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Huerfano

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

Not available

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

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains Uplift

Type: L
Description: Greenhorn Anticline, Delcarbon Syncline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Mesoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BASKIN'S CHIP SAMPLES FROM ADITS CONTAINED 0.001% U308 AND 0.03% V 205

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG SOUTH APACHE CREEK 6.1 MILES NE OF BADITO CONE. ELEV AND LAT -LONG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT IN NW NW SEC. 25. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = PUEBLO 1:250000

Comment (Workings): THREE TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN LENGTH

References

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH -CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-558.

Reference (Deposit): BASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM M MLA 26-83.

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