| Lat / long: | 38.4075, -106.30088 |
| Primary: | Uranium |
| Secondary: | Vanadium |
| Tertiary: | Copper, Zinc, Lead |
| Ore: | Pitchblende, Uraninite, Uranophane |
| Gangue: | Chalcocite, Covellite, Galena, Hematite, Jasper, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite |
| Orebody form: | intermediate dipping breccia zone |
| Discovery year: | 1955 |
| Operation type: | Surface-Underground |
| Production size: | Medium |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| First production started: | 1958 |
| Last production ended: | 1981 |
| Host rock: | Leadville Dolomite;Belden Formation |
| Host type: | Shale,Sandstone,Limestone,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Chester Fault, Unnamed Syncline, Sawatch Range |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.) |
| Alteration processes: | Oxidation Of U And Fe Minerals |
| MRDS | D008021 |
| DEP | 10012409 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM-MARSHALL PASS DISTRICT, IN DEL RIO, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO-FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO ST. MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 357-359}{Deposit:: NASH, J.T., 1979, GEOLOGY, PETROLOGY, AND CHEMISTRY OF THE LEADVILLE DOLOMITE-HOST FOR URANIUM AT THE PITCH MINE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 79-1556, 51 P.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}{Production:: COLO. DIV. MINES ANN OPERATOR REPTS.} |
| Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |