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Kerber Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012585
MRDS ID D008271
Record type Site
Current site name Kerber Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.03809, 38.19612 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9.2 MILES N 37 E FROM SAGUACHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graveyard Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046N 008E 36 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF MINE GULCH. LOCATION IS CENTER SEC. 36

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Some Silicification And Iron Oxides

Analytical data

Result 0.01 TO 3% U308, USUALLY 0.1%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granite
    Rock description Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Harding Quartzite
    Rock description Harding Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.03809, 38.19612
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Range, Bonanza Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bonanza Caldera; Kerber Thrust Fault, Central Anticline

Comments on the geologic information

  • KERBER FAULT (TRENDING APPROX. EAST-WEST) HAS THRUST PRECABRIAN GRANITE AND GNEISS NORTHWARD OVER PALEOZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bonanza (Kerber Creek) District

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1981 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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