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Santa Rosa Claim

Past Producer in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016604
MRDS ID DC01622
Record type Site
Current site name Santa Rosa Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.27613, 37.69085 (WGS84)
Elevation 2548
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.2 MILES S E FROM RED WING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Wing(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 027S 071W 24 NW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978) AND CRIB CITE SEC. 13 AS LOCATION, BUT AIRPHOTOS SUGGEST LOCATION ON OUTCROP IN SEC. 24. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Ore
Azurite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Malachite, Azurite

Analytical data

Result REPORTED ASSAY OF 1 TO 2 % V
Result 0.04 MR/HR BACKGROUND, RANGE TO 2X BACKGROUND

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Rock description Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif,Raton Basin Trough
Type of structure Local
Structure description Malachite Syncline, Palo Duro And Related Thrust Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name La Veta Pass Area Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY A COPPER PROSPECT. REPORTED PRODUCTION GRADES OF 0.3 TO 0.36 % U3O8 AND 1 TO 2 % V2O5.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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