Mine detail: Beck Mountain Lode

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.95085, -105.48585
dep_id: 10012583
mrds_id: D008269
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
conc_proc: Accumulation With Asphaltic Material
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Veins;
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Crestone Conglomerate Phase Of Sangre De Cristo Formation (Maroon Formation Equivalent)
hrock_type: Shale,Siltstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure: Sangre De Cristo Range, Several Large, Northwest-Trending Faults
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1955
yr_lst_prd: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P. 11
  • Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978
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