Dallas Dottie Prospect

The Dallas Dottie Prospect is a vanadium, copper, and uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 9,341 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: Dallas Dottie Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Copper
Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Huerfano
District: La Veta District

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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: Sediment-hosted Cu

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Culebra Massif

Type: L
Description: La Veta Syncline

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Azurite

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY RANGES TO 2000 CPS
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND 150 CPS

Materials

Ore: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON BIG BRANCH OR OTHER UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF CUCHARAS RIVER 2 MILES NORTH OF CUCHARA. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER OF SW/4. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Comment (Commodity): SEE GENERAL COMMENTS FOR CHIP SAMPLE ASSAY

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. 182-183.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.

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