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Ram Lode and Pam Lode

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012884
MRDS ID D008878
Record type Site
Current site name Ram Lode and Pam Lode

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.75558, 38.10084 (WGS84)
Elevation 3048
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 14.5 MILES S48E FROM VILLA GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mirage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044N;045N 011E;011E 03,04;33,34 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG RITO ALTO CR. AND ON DIVIDE BETWEEN RITO ALTO AND WILD CHERRY CREEKS. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS COMMON CORNER OF PROJECTED SECTIONS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Xenotime Ore
Autunite Ore
Samarskite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result PAM LODE ORE ASSAYED 0.06% U308, 0.04% V205
Result RAM LODE ORE ASSAYED 0.16% U308, 0.09% V205

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name pegmatite
    Rock description Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Rock description Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.75558, 38.10084
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault, Gibson Peak Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1955, PAM LODE PRODUCED 10 TONS ORE AT 0.06% U308, 0.04% V205, YIELDING 12 LB U308 AND 8 LB V205, RAM LODE PRODUCED 19 TONS ORE AT 0.16% U308, 0.09% V205, YIELDING 61 LB U308 AND 34 LB V205

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 10-JUN-2005 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

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