Santa Rosa Claim

The Santa Rosa Claim is a uranium and vanadium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,360 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: Santa Rosa Claim  

State:  Colorado

County:  Huerfano

Elevation: 8,360 Feet (2,548 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium, Vanadium

Lat, Long: 37.69083, -105.27556

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Santa Rosa Claim MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Santa Rosa Claim


Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Primary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: La Veta Pass Area 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: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Raton Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sandstone U


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif,Raton Basin Trough

Type: L
Description: Malachite Syncline, Palo Duro And Related Thrust Faults


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Malachite, Azurite


Rocks

Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.04 MR/HR BACKGROUND, RANGE TO 2X BACKGROUND
Analytical Data: REPORTED ASSAY OF 1 TO 2 % V


Materials

Ore: Autunite
Ore: Azurite
Ore: Malachite


Comments

Comment (Development): ORIGINALLY A COPPER PROSPECT. REPORTED PRODUCTION GRADES OF 0.3 TO 0.36 % U3O8 AND 1 TO 2 % V2O5.

Comment (Location): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978) AND CRIB CITE SEC. 13 AS LOCATION, BUT AIRPHOTOS SUGGEST LOCATION ON OUTCROP IN SEC. 24. ; 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.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1071-D.

Reference (Deposit): TE1-59, P. 206-207.


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