The Unnamed Prospects is a uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,301 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
Elevation: 8,301 Feet (2,530 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.39833, -106.54417
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Unnamed Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Sargents Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
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: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Unnamed Normal Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): EAST OF NEEDLE CREEK ON NW FLANK OF MILL HILL. LAT-LONG IS COMMON SECTION CORNER. PROSPECTS SCATTERED ALONG NE-TO-SW TREND THRU SECTIONS
Comment (Workings): NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS
Comment (Geology): JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS DOWN DROPPED AGAINST PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS
References
Reference (Deposit): CONS. DIV. COMP DATE 8/69
Reference (Deposit): RAINES, G.L., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE SARGENTS AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-1378.
Reference (Deposit): TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MF-761
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