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Leopard Vanadium Mine

Past Producer in San Miguel county in Colorado, United States with commodities Vanadium, Uranium
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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. 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. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014249
MRDS ID D010938
Record type Site
Current site name Leopard Vanadium Mine
Related records 10289026

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.03509, 38.0425 (WGS84)
Elevation 2414
Relative position 13.9 MILES N 59 W FROM TELLURIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placerville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nucla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Miguel(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044N 011W 23,24,26 SE OF SE OF SE (23); W2 (24); NE OF NE (26) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • CLAIMS LIE ALONG EAST SIDE OF LEOPARD CREEK 2.2 TO 3.3 MILES ABOVE CONFLUENCE WITH SAN MIGUEL RIVER AND NE OF PLACERVILLE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MAIN PORTAL IN NE NE SEC. 26. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1975

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result FLECK'S (1909) ANALYSES FROM NO. 3 CLAIM DRIFTS SHOWED GRADES AS HIGH AS 4.30 AND 5.75% V205

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Entrada Sandstone;Clastic Dike
    Rock description Entrada Sandstone;Clastic Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.03509, 38.0425
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns
Type of structure Local
Structure description Iron Springs Fault, Sheep Draw Graben, Leonard Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Permeable Sandstone Underlying Pony Express Limestone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer U.S. Vanadium Corp. (Claimant)

Mining district

District name Lower San Miguel District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1971
    Period -1971
    Description Cp_Grade: ^2.54% V205, 0.14% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
    Major V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 3wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • CLAIMS DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL HILLSIDE ADITS DRIVEN GENERALLY EAST AND SE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1947, VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V.15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.

  • Deposit

    BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AEREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E9

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 426.

  • Deposit

    FLECK, HERMAN, 1909, RARE METALS-URANIUM AND VANADIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 3, NO. 3, P. 15-16, 18.

  • Deposit

    BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 19036

  • Production

    NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 426

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BEDS DIP VERY SLIGHTLY TO NW OFF WEST FLANK OF NNE-PLUNGING ASYMMETRICAL ANTICLINE BOUNDED ON EAST BY LEONARD FAULT AND ON WEST BY FAULTS EXTENDING FROM THE SOUTH END OF SHEEP DRAW GRABEN. BEDS AT MINE SITE CUT BY BIFURCATED SE END OF NW-TRENDING IRON SPRINGS FAULT. TRENDING SLIGHTLY MORE NW AND EXTENDING UP THROUGH SALT WASH MEMBER OF MORRISON FM ARE TWO CLASTIC DIKES CONTAINING VARIOUS ROCK TYPES, HAVING AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 1.5 TO 2 FT, AND OCCUPYING ESSENTIALLY VERTICAL JOINT SET. VANADIUM DEPOSIT LIES NEAR CENTER OF PRINCIPAL MINERALIZED BELT TOWARD NORTH END.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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