Mine detail: Mercury-Alpine Mine

Previously called 'Mercury 1-5Alpine 1-5 Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.09251, -105.65808

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Uraninite

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1962

Geology

Host rock:	Minturn Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Sangre De Cristo Range, Cotton Lake Anticline, Gibson Peak Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D008946
DEP	10012925
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 392.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., AND TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ELECTRIC PEAK QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MF-628}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.