Commodities
PrimaryVanadium, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlPermeable Sandstone Underlying Pony Express Limestone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Entrada Sandstone
Associated rockGabbro · Porphyritic Microgabbro
StructureParadox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Placerville Anticline, Frazier Fault
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087930
MRDS IDD010935
Alternate namesPatented Claims: Vanadium No. 1, MS 20496a, Vanadium No. 2, MS 20496a, Vanadium No. 3, MS 20496a, Denver, MS 20496a, National, MS 20496a, Belvedere, MS 20496a, Belvedere Mill Site, MS 20496b
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.97472, -108.02398
References
FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 19478 VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1960, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE LITTLE CONE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1082-G.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40. P. 417.COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 20496A&BFISCHER AND OTHERS, 1947, P. 132; NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 417.