Dorothy O Claim

Occurrence in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010857
MRDS ID D004877
Record type Site
Current site name Dorothy O Claim
Related records 10166575

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.91417, 38.75862 (WGS84)
Elevation 2548
Relative position 6.7 MILES S 31 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manitou Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15S 67W 08 CENTER OF N2 OF S2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON OR NEAR GOLD CAMP ROAD SE OF STOVE MTN AND 0.7 MILE NW OF ST. PETERS DOME ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification In Wallrock

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.91417, 38.75862

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR IRREGULAR LENTICULAR
    Strike N45E
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 4.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing Igneous

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINERALIZATION FOLLOWING FOLDING AND INTRUSION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cheyenne (St. Peters Dome) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner B. F. Reed Jr.
    First year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Foord, Suzann U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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