Mike Doyle Carnotite Deposit

The Mike Doyle Carnotite Deposit is a uranium mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,499 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: Mike Doyle Carnotite Deposit
Secondary: Lucky Ben Lease

Commodity

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Cheyenne Mountain 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
Year Last Production: 1955
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Denver Basin

Type: L
Description: Ute Pass Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Sandstone

Comments

Comment (Location): ALONG LITTLE FOUNTAIN CREEK 0.25 TO 0.35 MILE NW OF COLORADO HWY 115. CGS BULL. 40 AND PREVIOUS CRIB ENTRY CITE LOCATION IN SW/4, BUT GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION (DAKOTA OR MORRISON FM) NECESSITATES LOCATION IN SE/4 ACCORDING TO GEOLOGIC MAP. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS FOR CENTER SE/4 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Comment (Production): IN 1955, 108 TONS ORE MINED AT AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.13 % U308 AND CONTAINING 277 LB U30B. V205 PRODUCTION, IF ANY, UNKNOWN

Comment (Deposit): ORIGINAL CRIB ENTRY STATED THAT ORE ENCLOSED IN MORRISON FM SHALE AND SANDSTONE WITH MUDSTONE ABOVE AND BELOW. ALTHOUGH HOST ROCKS PROBABLY STILL VALID, NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS CITE HOST FORMATION AS DAKOTA SS

References

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482

Reference (Deposit): BERONI, E.P., AND KING, R.U., 1950, THE MIKE DOYLE CARNOTITE DEPOSIT, EL PASO COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS TEM-133

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 141-142

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

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