Damn Fool Claims

The Damn Fool Claims is a uranium mine located in Custer county, Colorado at an elevation of 11,601 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: Damn Fool Claims
Secondary: Hopeful 1-3
Secondary: Macho 1-20
Secondary: Crestone 1-6
Secondary: Margaret Group

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Custer
District: Wet Mountains Area

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: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains

Type: L
Description: Thrust Faults Nearby; Strong Foliation In Formation

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.13 PERCENT U308

Materials

Ore: Carnotite

Comments

Comment (Location): OCCURRENCES THROUGHOUT AREA; LOCATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE FOR UNIDENTIFIED MINE TO SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN HAND PEAK. IT IS WITHIN GENERAL AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Production): TEST SHIPMENT OF ONE TON AVERAGED 0.13 PERCENT U308

References

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P. 120

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