Erie No. 33 Prospect

The Erie No. 33 Prospect is a uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,761 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: Erie No. 33 Prospect  

State:  Colorado

County:  Saguache

Elevation: 10,761 Feet (3,280 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.41361, -106.29667

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Erie No. 33 Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Erie No. 33 Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Marshall Pass District


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

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Ownership

Not available


Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Structure: north-trending Chester Fault
Description: Chester Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron Oxides


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SELECT SAMPLE OF MINERALIZED ROCK ASSAYED 0.14% U308


Materials

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Comments

Comment (Workings): APPROX. 300 FT OF BULLDOZED TRENCHES

Comment (Deposit): HOST ROCK IS INTERPRETED AS JASPEROID FORMED BY METASOMATIC REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE (BELDEN FM AS INTERPRETED BY RANSPOT, MISSISSIPPIAN LEADVILLE LIMESTONE AS INTERPRETED BY OLSON). AROUND IRON-RICH CORE IS ZONE OF SILICIFIED LIMESTONE GRADING INTO UNALTERED LIMESTONE. JASPEROID CORE TRUNCATED ON EAST BY CHESTER FAULT AND BOUNDED ON NORTH AND SW BY BRANCH FAULTS. URANIUM MINERALIZATION PROBABLY INTRODUCED BY SILICA-RICH SOLUTIONS ALONG SMALL FRACTURES AFTER REPLACEMENT OF LIMESTONE. SIMILARITY WITH OTHER JASPEROIDS SUGGESTS PRESENCE OF BASE-METAL SULFIDE BODY AT DEPTH

Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SIDE OF LIME RIDGE APPROX. 2500 FT NORTH OF PITCH MINE AND 3.1 MILES NW OF MARSHALL PASS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976


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.

Reference (Deposit): RANSPOT, H.W., 1958, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN CREEK AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: UNIV. COLORADO M.S. THESIS

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, J.C., 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE PAHLONE PEAK QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, SAGUACHE, AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-325.

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM--MARSHALL PASS DISTRICT, IN DEL RIO, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO--FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 357-359.


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