Rupp Property

The Rupp Property is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,650 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: Rupp Property
Secondary: Raup Mine 39

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Canon City Embayment, Fourmile Creek Area

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Owner Name: Rampart Exploration
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1976 -

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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Southern Colorado Front Range, Canon City Embayment

Type: L
Description: Ns-Trending Anticline; Syncline To East; Mikesell Gulch Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Bleaching And Other Alteration

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY TO 12 TIMES BACKGROUND

Materials

Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT LIES ON WEST SIDE OF ANTICLINE

Comment (Location): BETWEEN MAVERICK GULCH AND SEEP SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT, DRILLING

References

Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 151.

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