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Bob Cat Mine

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Thorium, REE
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012887
MRDS ID D008882
Record type Site
Current site name Bob Cat Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.73641, 38.04945 (WGS84)
Elevation 2481
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MILES N 32 W OF CRESTONE, inferred location-proper host rock and presence of pit

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rito Alto Peak(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 011E 26 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LAT-LONG GIVEN IS C N2 SEC 26 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Thorium Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 0.14% U308, 0.08% V205

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.73641, 38.04945
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault

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

Mining district

District name Crestone District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1971
    Period 1953-1954
    Material uranium ore
    Ore mined 41mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major V2O5 Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1953-54, 46 TONS ORE MINED AT 0.14% U308 AND 0.08% V205, YIELDING 131 LB U308 AND 78 LB V205

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BILIIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 389

  • Deposit

    SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONED PEGMATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-82 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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