Mine detail: Beth Group

<< Back to the map

<< Back to browsing

Location: Hinsdale County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.05278, -107.4598
dep_id: 10014727
mrds_id: D011626
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Pitchblende, Uranophane
ore_ctrl: Fractures Along Margin Of Intrusion
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_type: Rhyolite
arock_unit: Intrusive Rocks--Rhyolite;Ash-Flow Member Of Crystal Lake Tuff
arock_type: Rhyolite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Year first produced: 1958
yr_lst_prd: 1961
References:
  • Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 179.
  • Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STUDY AREAS CONTIGUOUS TO THE UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1391-E, P. 83, 110-111, PLS. 1,3
  • Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.
  • Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-C, P. 37.
  • Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
  • Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 179
© 2010-2018 Lee C. Baker unless noted. All rights reserved.