Mine detail: Ram Lode and Pam Lode

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Location: Saguache County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.10084, -105.75558
dep_id: 10012884
mrds_id: D008878
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Monazite, Xenotime, Autunite, Samarskite
gangue: Garnet
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 32: Pegmatites
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D., Keller, John W.
hrock_unit: pegmatite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_unit: Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
arock_type: Diorite
Structure: Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault, Gibson Peak Syncline
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 39
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