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Huerfano Park uranium prospect

Prospect in Huerfano 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. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311045
Record type Site
Current site name Huerfano Park uranium prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.24363, 37.88919 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Creek(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

Comments on the location information

  • MIning claims cover 7,000 acres in NW Huerfano County, about 8 miles NW of Gardner, in secs 3-10, 17, 18, T 25 S, R 70 W; and secs 12, 13, T 25 S, R 71 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Secondary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Several surface samples assayed more than 0.1 % U3O8.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Farisita Conglomerate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.24363, 37.88919
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description La Veta syncline

Comments on the geologic information

  • Uranium occurs in arkosic beds in Oligocene(?) Farisita Conglomerate.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on the production information

  • A small amount of ore was produced, yielding uranium and vanadium.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

  • Production

    Nelson-Moore, J.L., Collins, D.B., and Hornbaker, A.L., 1978, Radioactive mineral occurrences of Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1054 p., 12 pl.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-FEB-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

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