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Uranium Queen Mine

Past Producer in Larimer 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. 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. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014003
MRDS ID D010599
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Queen Mine
Alternate or previous names Red Hill Mine, Robinson Lease, Claim: Elkhorn No. 1
Related records 10288002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.53004, 40.7422 (WGS84)
Elevation 2359
Relative position 32.7 MILES N66W 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 13 NW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF ELKHORN CREEK 0.3 MILE NW OF CONFLUENCE WITH MANHATTAN CRE EK AND 3.7 MILES ENE FROM MANHATTAN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Uranophane Ore

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.1 MR/HR, RANGE 0.2 TO 0.3 MR/HR, WITH MAX O 7.0 MR/HR FROM BARREL OF ORE. THREE SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.22 TO 0.48% EQ UIV U308. ORE SHIPMENTS FROM 1956 CONTAINED 0.11, 0.17, AND 0.48% U308

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.53004, 40.7422
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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
Discovery year 1956
Year of first production 1956
Year of last production 1964

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. C. Robinson
    Home office Livermore
    First year 1965

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.48% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.11% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1956
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.17% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • USBM REPORTS FIRST TWO 100-ST SHIPMENTS FROM RED HILL, 50-ST SHIPM ENT FROM URANIUM QUEEN. CDM REPORTS 1964 PRODUCTION FROM RED HILL MINE (ELKHORN NO. 1). NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS STATE THAT AEC RECORDS SHOW TOTAL OF 140 ST MINED AT 0.13% U308 AND 0.01% V205, YIELDING 340 LB U3 08 AND 22 LB V205.

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS; DRILL HOLES; 40-FT VERTICAL SHAFT, 55-FT VERTICAL SHAFT LOCATED 30 FT SE OF OTHER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENC ES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 210-211.

  • Deposit

    COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

  • Deposit

    FRANKEL, LARRY, 1955, AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. DEB-P-3-1709

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, G.C., 1956, AEC PRELIM, RECONN. REPT. SUPPL. DEB-S-3-1709

  • Production

    NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978; COLO. DIV. MINES INF. REPT.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH NW-TRENDING FRACTURES AND PROBABLE VEINS. 0.5-FT-WIDE MYLONITIC ZONE CONTAINS URANOPHANE AND AUTUNITE IN FAULT TRENDING N35E, 77.5 SE.

Reporter information

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

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