Mine detail: La Rue Claims

Previously called 'La Rue No. 2La Rue No. 22'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.30194, -106.78173

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Torbernite, Uranophane

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Dakota Sandstone;Morrison Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Early Intermediate-Composition Flows And Breccias;Sapinero Mesa Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift, Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome; Unnamed Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009286
DEP	10101789
Reference	{Deposit:: MALAN, R.C., AND RANSPOT, H.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE COCHETOPA MINING DISTRICT, SAGUACHE AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 54, NO. 1, P. 1-19.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 390-391}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-733}{Deposit:: COLO. DIV. MINES INF. REPT. 11/17/54}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.