Stumbling Stud Mine

The Stumbling Stud Mine is a vanadium and uranium mine located in Huerfano county, Colorado at an elevation of 8,261 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: Stumbling Stud Mine
Secondary: Badito Cone Mine

Commodity

Primary: Vanadium
Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Zirconium
Tertiary: Thorium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite

Location

State: Colorado
County: Huerfano

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

Year: 1963
Material type: ORE U V
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.13 % U308, 0.009 % V205

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
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: Raton Section

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Type: R
Description: Wet Mtns Uplift

Type: L
Description: Greenhorn Anticline , Unnamed Fault

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Phonolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Phonolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: NO ZN, CU, AU, OR AG.
Analytical Data: BASKIN'S CHIP SAMPLES FROM PITS IN DAKOTA SANDSTONE AND GRANEROS SHALE CONTAINED 0.004 TO 0.031 % U308, 0.02 TO 0.04 % V205, 0.05 TO 1.83 % F. CHIP SAMPLES OF FE-STAINED SANDSTONE FROM MAIN PITS CONTAINED 0.001 TO 0.033 % U308 WITH HIGH VALUE OF 0.120 % U308, 0.01 TO 0.05 % V205, 1.28 TO 5.98 % F (DISSEMINATED FLUORITE)

Materials

Ore: Coffinite
Gangue: Fluorite

Comments

Comment (Location): ON SOUTH SLOPE OF BADITO CONE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (General): Combined information for 2 records. Record 10288585 should be deleted.

References

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM--HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO COUNTY, IN DEL R10, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 362.

Reference (Deposit): BRADY, B.T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR-70, P. 9.

Reference (Deposit): JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.

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. 182.

Reference (Deposit): BOYER, R.E., 1961, OCCURRENCE OF RADIOACTIVE FLUORITIC SANDSTONE, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 56, NO. 4, P. 780-783.

Reference (Deposit): BASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 26-83.

Reference (Deposit): Ref: Crib #DC02462

Reference (Deposit): OWN/OP: Gray Construction Co. 1966

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