Horse Mountain Uranium Mines

Past Producer in Eagle 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142748
MRDS ID D002208
MAS/MILS ID 0080370008
Record type Site
Current site name Horse Mountain Uranium Mines
Related records 10009306

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.75673, 39.58888 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eagle(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Seven Hermits(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eagle(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Eagle

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 005 S 084 W 25 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Carnotite Unknown
Copper Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Silver Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.75673, 39.58888

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 PYRITIZATION
    Date of Last Modification 780921

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1915

Mining district

District name Brush Creek Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS OCT 1976 FILE

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PROPERTY FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 1938, DATED 1951. A TIME OF THE REPORT THE ONLY URANIUM PRODUCTION FROM THE MINE WAS THEN CONTROLLED BY ANACONDA LEAD AND SILVER CO., NEV., H A STOCKPILED TON OF UNDETERMINED GRADE. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SE T. 5 S., R. 84 W., AND SECS. 30 AND 31, T. 5 S., R. 83 W., 6 AND ARE ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAPS, FULFORD, AND THE SEVEN HER AN EARLY COPPER AND SILVER PRODUCER WITH DEVELOPED MINE WORK AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THE WORKINGS HAD FALLEN INTO BAD R INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION AND MINE MAPS. THE ORE DEPOT IS AT RIFLE, ABOUT 60 MILES DISTANT. THE DMEA REPO CLUDED THAT ASSISTANCE WOULD BE JUSTIFIED FOR A LIMITED EXPL PROGRAM. IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THE STOCKPILED TON WOULD AVERAGE ABOUT 1.3% U308. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN BACKUP FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.