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Muleshoe Uranium Deposit

Past Producer in Huerfano 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016611
MRDS ID DC01643
Record type Site
Current site name Muleshoe Uranium Deposit
Alternate or previous names Muleshoe

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.18139, 37.58946 (WGS84)
Elevation 3011
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.5 MILES N60E FROM LA VETA PASS., no good description of locatioin - was plotted at townsite

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Veta Pass(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 28S 70W 13 E4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SLOPE OR PROJECTION OF ROUGH MTN. TOPO MAP SHOWS MINE OPENINGS IN NE NE AND SE SE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR C E4 SEC. 13. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result REPORTED GRADE OF 0.15 % U308, 1.95 % V205

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Intrusive Igneous Rocks
    Rock description Intrusive Igneous Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Intrusive Igneous Rocks
    Rock description Intrusive Igneous Rocks

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.18139, 37.58946
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raton Basin Trough
Type of structure Local
Structure description Rough Mountain Intrusion, Mount Mestas Intrusion, Sangre De Cristo Mountains Frontal Thrust Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-72 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-MAY-83 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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