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Floyd Watters Ranch

Past Producer in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Thorium, REE, Lead, Radium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012579
MRDS ID D008265
Record type Site
Current site name Floyd Watters Ranch
Alternate or previous names Mundy Claim, Lewis C. Mundy Claim, Walter's Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.21974, 38.18251 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 6.5 MILES N 58 E FROM QUERIDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hardscrabble Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 021S 070W 33,32 NW OF SW (33) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF COLORADO 96 AND SW OF HARDSCRABBLE MTN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Thorium Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Radium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Thorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Caliche Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) None; A Limonitic Clay Zone, One Inch Thick, Lies On Both Sides Of Vein

Analytical data

Result 0.04% EQUIVALENT U, 0.10% U, 0.78% EQUIVALENT TH02 (CALCULATED)
Result 0.082% EQUIVALENT U308, 0.002% U308
Result 0.10-0.32% U308, 0.05-0.19% V205, 0.54% TH02, 0.10% EACH OF 6 DIFFERENT RARE EARTHS, 1.43 MG/TON RADIUM

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 30
USGS model code 11d
Deposit model name Thorium-rare-earth veins

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
    Rock unit name Lamprophyre Dike
    Rock description Lamprophyre Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.21974, 38.18251
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Dike, Siliceous Vein

Ore body information

  • General form Tabular
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 45.72M
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Veins; Possibly Dike

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1951
Year of first production 1953
Year of last production 1953

Mining district

District name Wet Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lewis C. Mundy, 501 So. Locust St., Pueblo, Co.; Eugene Acheson, 702 Wilson Ave., Pueblo, Co.
    First year 1954
  • Type Owner
    Owner Floyd Watters
    Home office Rosita, Co.
    First year 1954

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPPED TO BLUEWATER, NM; NO RAE, TH, OR RA RECOVERED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 11.58M
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCH

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY FOUND IN OLD PB PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE SAMPLE SUBMITTED TO ANACONDA COPPER MINING COMPANY AT GRANTS, NM IN 1953 INDICATED THAT THE ORE WAS NOT AMENABLE TO STANDARD URANIUM MILLING PRACTICE AT GRANTS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

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