Blue Eagle Mine

The Blue Eagle Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,899 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: Blue Eagle Mine
Secondary: Blue Eagle No. 1 and Yellow Lizard

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Cross Canyon 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

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Elree Young
Home Office: Dove Creek, Co.
Years: 1966 -

Production

Year: 1971
Time Period: -1971
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.18% U3o8, 2.36% V2o5

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sandstone U

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Paradox Fold And Fault Belt, Four Corners Platform

Type: L
Description: Dove Creek Anticline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tyuyamunite
Ore: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN CROSS CANYON BELOW SQUAW POINT. AIRPHOTOS INDICATE NO WORKINGS IN SEC 07 BUT DO IN SEC 08. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR C SE SEC 07. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Workings): BLUE EAGLE TUNNEL IS 70 FT LONG, HEADING PROBABLY WEST OR NW; YELLOW LIZARD TUNNEL IS 40 FT LONG, HEADING PROBABLY WEST OR NW.

References

Reference (Deposit): HAYNES, D.D., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS MAP I-629.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 129.

Reference (Deposit): FINLEY, E.A., 1951, GEOLOGY OF DOVE CREEK AREA, DOLORES AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP OM-120.

Reference (Deposit): COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978

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