Jesus Lode

The Jesus Lode is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,401 feet.

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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: Jesus Lode

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Webster Park 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

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: Colorado Piedmont

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Southern Colorado Front Range

Type: L
Description: Webster Park Graben, Gorge Fault; Synclinal, Anticlinal Folds In Graben

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation

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: 0.008 TO 0.034 % CU308
Analytical Data: 0.004 TO 0.037 % EU308

Materials

Ore: Torbernite

Comments

Comment (Workings): 2 BULLDOZER CUTS

Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED; IN EARLIER PUBLICATIONS THIS PROPERTY IS LISTED AS BEING IN SECTION 28, T018S, R072W. THE LOCATION DESCRIPTIONS FIT THE LOCATION ABOVE MUCH BETTER. THERE IS SOME QUESTION STILL ABOUT LOCATION STATUS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

References

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 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. 149.

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