Mine detail: Leopard Vanadium Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.0425, -108.03509

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Vanadium
Gangue: Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Entrada Sandstone;Clastic Dike
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Iron Springs Fault, Sheep Draw Graben, Leonard Fault
Tectonic:Colorado Platform

References

MRDSD010938
DEP10014249
Reference{Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1947, VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V.15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.}{Deposit:: BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AEREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E9}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 426.}{Deposit:: FLECK, HERMAN, 1909, RARE METALS-URANIUM AND VANADIUM: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUART., V. 3, NO. 3, P. 15-16, 18.}{Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 19036}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 426}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.