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Beck Mountain Lode

Past Producer in Custer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012583
MRDS ID D008269
Record type Site
Current site name Beck Mountain Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.48585, 37.95085 (WGS84)
Elevation 3200
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 12.5 MILES S 4 W FROM WESTCLIFF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Beck Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(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 Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 024S 072W 19 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR BECK MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Crestone Conglomerate Phase Of Sangre De Cristo Formation (Maroon Formation Equivalent)
    Rock description Crestone Conglomerate Phase Of Sangre De Cristo Formation (Maroon Formation Equivalent)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.48585, 37.95085
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Large, Northwest-Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Veins;

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Crestone Needles Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ORE WAS SHIPPED TO MILL AT RIFLE, COLORADO

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

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

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