Texas Creek Prospect

The Texas Creek Prospect is a fluorine-fluorite mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Texas Creek Prospect

Commodity

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Texas Creek 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

Type: Unknown

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
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

Model Name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wet Mountains

Type: L
Description: Texas Creek Fault

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Highly Weathered

Rocks

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Paleoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 0.032 TO 0.10 % EU308, 0.05 % TH
Analytical Data: RADIOACTIVITY TO 40 TIMES BACKGROUND

Materials

Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Limonite
Unknown: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Location): NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF TEXAS CREEK, SE OF TABLE MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Production): A FEW TONS OF FLUORITE ORE WERE PRODUCED. ALL RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH FLUORITE

Comment (Workings): SHAFT ON EAST SIDE OF WASH

References

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. 152-153.

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.

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