Muleshoe Uranium Deposit

The Muleshoe Uranium Deposit is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,879 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: Muleshoe Uranium Deposit
Secondary: Muleshoe

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Huerfano

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: Raton Basin Trough

Type: L
Description: Rough Mountain Intrusion, Mount Mestas Intrusion, Sangre De Cristo Mountains Frontal Thrust Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: REPORTED GRADE OF 0.15 % U308, 1.95 % V205

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): ON NORTH SLOPE OR PROJECTION OF ROUGH MTN. TOPO MAP SHOWS MINE OPENINGS IN NE NE AND SE SE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR C E4 SEC. 13. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

References

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 8,69

Reference (Deposit): VINE, J.D., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND CROSS SECTIONS OF THE LA VETA PASS, LA VETA, AND RITTER ARROYO QUADRANGLES, HUERFANO AND COSTILLA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-833.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 183-184.

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