Airborne Anomaly

The Airborne Anomaly is a uranium mine located in Las Animas county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,600 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: Airborne Anomaly  

State:  Colorado

County:  Las Animas

Elevation: 5,600 Feet (1,707 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 37.24167, -104.25556

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Airborne Anomaly MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Airborne Anomaly


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Las Animas
District: Trinidad Area


Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
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: Geophysical Anomaly
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

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Raton Basin Trough, Sierra Grande Uplift

Type: L
Description: Model Anticline


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.4 % U308.
Analytical Data: MEASURED RADIOACTIVITY 16X BACKGROUND


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN ALLUVIUM ABOVE THE PIERRE SHALE

Comment (Workings): 2.5-FT-DEEP PIT DUG INTO ALLUVIUM

Comment (Location): NO SECTION SUBDIVISION GIVEN. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS FOR CENTER OF SEC.20. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)


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. 215


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