Blue Eagle Mine

The Blue Eagle Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Dolores county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,400 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

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Dolores
District: Dunton Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: San Juan N. F.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Year: 1971
Time Period: -1971
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.18 % U308, 2.36 % V205

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, San Juan Uplift

Type: L
Description: Rico Dome, Dunton Syncline, Unnamed Faults

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Ore: Tyuyamunite

Comments

Comment (Location): (LAND STATUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE AREA LOCATIONS CALCULATED USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS FOR SAN JUAN N. F.). NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978) CITE LOCATION AS SEC. 36, BUT GEOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION SUGGESTS LOCATION AT PROSPECT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP IN EITTHER W2 W2 SEC. 26 OR E2 E2 SEC. 27 (UNSURVEYED SECTIONS) ON MORRISON CREEK 0.4 MILE ABOVE WEST DOLORES RIVER CONFLUENCE AND 2.1 MILES NE OF DUNTON. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Workings): APPARENTLY ONE TUNNEL DRIVEN GENERALLY NE FOR UNKNOWN DISTANCE

References

Reference (Deposit): BUSH, A.L., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DOLORES PEAK QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-536.

Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 129

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

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