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Stumbling Stud Mine

Past Producer in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Zirconium, Thorium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101946
MRDS ID DC02462
MAS/MILS ID 0080550102
Record type Site
Current site name Stumbling Stud Mine
Alternate or previous names Badito Cone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.01907, 37.77278 (WGS84)
Elevation 2518
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES S86E FROM GARDNER. Main pit shown on pl. 1, MLA 26-83.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badito Cone(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)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel 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 Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 26S 68W 20 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH SLOPE OF BADITO CONE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Fluorite Gangue

Analytical data

Result BASKIN'S CHIP SAMPLES FROM PITS IN DAKOTA SANDSTONE AND GRANEROS SHALE CONTAINED 0.004 TO 0.031 % U308, 0.02 TO 0.04 % V205, 0.05 TO 1.83 % F. CHIP SAMPLES OF FE-STAINED SANDSTONE FROM MAIN PITS CONTAINED 0.001 TO 0.033 % U308 WITH HIGH VALUE OF 0.120 % U308, 0.01 TO 0.05 % V205, 1.28 TO 5.98 % F (DISSEMINATED FLUORITE)
Result NO ZN, CU, AU, OR AG.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Alkalic Volcanic Rock > Phonolite
    Rock unit name Silicic Stocks, Sole Injection, Plugs, And Dikes
    Rock description Silicic Stocks, Sole Injection, Plugs, And Dikes
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone;Purgatoire Formation
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone;Purgatoire Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.01907, 37.77278
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mtns Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Greenhorn Anticline , Unnamed Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Material ORE U V
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.13 % U308, 0.009 % V205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
General Combined information for 2 records. Record 10288585 should be deleted.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1972 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 09-MAY-2005 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey
Editor 29-APR-2008 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. 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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