Mine detail: Uranium Queen Mine

Previously called 'Red Hill MineRobinson LeaseClaim: Elkhorn No. 1'

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Location: Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.7422, -105.53004
dep_id: 10014003
mrds_id: D010599
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pitchblende, Uranophane
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Sherman Granite;Pegmatite
hrock_type: Pegmatite
arock_unit: Sherman Granite;Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1956
yr_lst_prd: 1964
disc_yr: 1956
References:
  • Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENC ES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 210-211.
  • Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
  • Deposit:: FRANKEL, LARRY, 1955, AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. DEB-P-3-1709
  • Deposit:: CAMPBELL, G.C., 1956, AEC PRELIM, RECONN. REPT. SUPPL. DEB-S-3-1709
  • Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978; COLO. DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
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