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Root Ranch

Occurrence in Gilpin county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009311
MRDS ID D002224
Record type Site
Current site name Root Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.49253, 39.76138 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gilpin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Hawk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gilpin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003S 072W 30 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Laramide intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Central City

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 07-JUN-2007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

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