Mine detail: Mcguire Lode

Previously called 'C.E. Wilson PropertyMcguire prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.55169, -105.1375

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium, Copper
Ore:	Carnotite, Malachite, Calciovolborthite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Sangre De Cristo Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Culebra Massif, Culebra Range, Raton Basin Trough, La Veta Syncline, Sangre De Cristo Mtns. Frontal Thrust Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	DC01664
DEP	10094765
Reference	{Deposit:: FINCH PUNCH CARD-DELAUGHTER 10/57 COMPILER}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 183.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., AND STEPHENS, J.G., 1954, GEOLOGY OF THE LA VETA AREA, HUERFANO COUNTY: USGS MAP OM-146.}{Deposit:: VINE, J.D., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND CROSS SECTIONS OFTHE LA VETA PASS, LA VETA, AND RITTER ARROYO QUADRANGLES, HUERFANO AND COSTILLA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-833.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.