Leopard Vanadium Mine

The Leopard Vanadium Mine is a uranium and vanadium mine located in San Miguel county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,920 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: Leopard Vanadium Mine  

State:  Colorado

County:  San Miguel

Elevation: 7,920 Feet (2,414 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium

Lat, Long: 38.0425, -108.03444

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Leopard Vanadium Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Leopard Vanadium Mine


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium


Location

State: Colorado
County: San Miguel
District: Lower San Miguel District


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

Year: 1971
Time Period: -1971
Description: Cp_Grade: ^2.54% V205, 0.14% U308


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


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns

Type: L
Description: Iron Springs Fault, Sheep Draw Graben, Leonard Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: FLECK'S (1909) ANALYSES FROM NO. 3 CLAIM DRIFTS SHOWED GRADES AS HIGH AS 4.30 AND 5.75% V205


Materials

Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Workings): CLAIMS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL HILLSIDE ADITS DRIVEN GENERALLY EAST AND SE

Comment (Location): CLAIMS LIE ALONG EAST SIDE OF LEOPARD CREEK 2.2 TO 3.3 MILES ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH SAN MIGUEL RIVER AND NE OF PLACERVILLE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MAIN PORTAL IN NE NE SEC. 26. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Comment (Deposit): BEDS DIP VERY SLIGHTLY TO NW OFF WEST FLANK OF NNE-PLUNGING ASYMMETRICAL ANTICLINE BOUNDED ON EAST BY LEONARD FAULT AND ON WEST BY FAULTS EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTH END OF SHEEP DRAW GRABEN. BEDS AT MINE SITE CUT BY BIFURCATED SE END OF NW-TRENDING IRON SPRINGS FAULT. TRENDING SLIGHTLY MORE NW AND EXTENDING UP THROUGH SALT WASH MEMBER OF MORRISON FM ARE TWO CLASTIC DIKES CONTAINING VARIOUS ROCK TYPES, HAVING AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 1.5 TO 2 FT, AND OCCUPYING ESSENTIALLY VERTICAL JOINT SET. VANADIUM DEPOSIT LIES NEAR CENTER OF PRINCIPAL MINERALIZED BELT TOWARD NORTH END.


References

Reference (Deposit): FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1947, VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V.15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.

Reference (Deposit): BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AEREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E9

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 426.

Reference (Deposit): FLECK, HERMAN, 1909, RARE METALS-URANIUM AND VANADIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 3, NO. 3, P. 15-16, 18.

Reference (Deposit): BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 19036

Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 426


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