La Rue Claims

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101789
MRDS ID D009286
Record type Site
Current site name La Rue Claims
Alternate or previous names La Rue No. 2, La Rue No. 22
Related records 10119455

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.78173, 38.30194 (WGS84)
Elevation 2905
Relative position 18.4 MILES S 25 E FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawtooth Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047N 002E 29,30 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SW OF MERCURY MINE AND ELISHA GROUP. LAT-LONG AND ELEV. GIVEN FOR LA RUE PROSPECT IN NW OF SW SEC 29 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Analytical data

Result SELECTED SAMPLE ANALYZED 0.26% U3O8 AND 0.23% EQUIV. U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Early Intermediate-Composition Flows And Breccias;Sapinero Mesa Tuff
    Rock description Early Intermediate-Composition Flows And Breccias;Sapinero Mesa Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone;Morrison Formation
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone;Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.78173, 38.30194

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome; Unnamed Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicification, Fracturing, Brecciation Of Sedimentary Rocks Along Los Ochos And Related Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner E. V. Storey
    Home office Gunnison, Co.
    First year 1954

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1954-60, 7 TONS ORE MINED AT GRADE OF 0.20% U3O8 AND 0.11% V2O5, YIELDING 28 LB U3O8 AND 16 LB V2O5

Comments on development

  • DISTRICT MINED PREVIOUSLY FOR AU AND BASE METALS. GUNNISON MINING CO. DISCOVERED URANIUM IN 1954 ALONG LOS OCHOS FAULT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECT LIES ON N 45 W TRENDING FAULT 1400 FT NW OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH MAJOR EAST-WEST TRENDING FAULT. FAULT DISPLACES RHYOLITE TUFF AGAINST DAKOTA SS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 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

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