Lady Moon Mine

Past Producer in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014000
MRDS ID D010593
Record type Site
Current site name Lady Moon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.56143, 40.74331 (WGS84)
Elevation 2423
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 34.5 MILES N67W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustic(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009N 073W 15 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG OR PROBABLY NORTH OF MANHATTAN CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVE N ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 15. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Sherman Granite
    Rock description Pegmatite;Sherman Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Sherman Granite
    Rock description Pegmatite;Sherman Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.56143, 40.74331

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1964

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Robinson Ranch Mines, Inc.
    Home office Livermore
    First year 1964
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. C. And Z. M. Robinson
    Home office Livermore
    First year 1964

Comments on the workings information

  • 25-FT-DEEP VERTICAL SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.