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Parks Lode Claim

Prospect in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Vanadium
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011643
MRDS ID D006697
Record type Site
Current site name Parks Lode Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -105.16917, 37.48392 (WGS84)
Elevation 2804
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 9 MILES S78W FROM LA VETA, 100 m radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCarty Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alamosa(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 029S 070W 36 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF D AND RGW RAILROAD BY UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF SOUTH MIDDLE CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975) (1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore
Azurite Ore
Malachite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Malachite, Azurite

Analytical data

Result 0.58-0.8 % EU3O8
Result 2.62 % V2O5
Result 2.22 % CU
Result 0.01 MR/HR BACKGROUND, RANGE TO 40X BACKGROUND.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Rock description Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -105.16917, 37.48392
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Culebra Massif
Type of structure Local
Structure description Vega Creek Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike BEDS N11W
    Dip BEDS 24 NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name La Veta Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • 40-FT SHAFT

Comments on development

  • 40-FT SHAFT NEAR THIS OCCURRENCE WAS SUNK ORIGINALLY FOR COPPER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH YELLOW SECONDARY MINERAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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