Mine detail: Rio Grande Claims

Previously called 'Unpatented Claims: Rio Grande 1-10'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.76445, -107.38896

Resource(M)

Primary:

Uranium

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Eolus Granite;Ute Ridge Tuff
Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Eolus Granite;Ute Ridge Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, Ute Creek Caldera, Lost Lake Caldera; Unnamed Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010742
DEP	10014105
Reference	{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1969, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SAN JUAN PRIMITOVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-F, P. 113-114.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 180.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-764.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, CALDERAS OF THE SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 958, P. 7-10.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.