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Sage Hen Claim

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013027
MRDS ID D009092
Record type Site
Current site name Sage Hen Claim
Alternate or previous names Friendly Neighbor
Related records 10167641

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.72672, 38.37167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 16 MILES S42E FROM GUNNISON, Within 2000-Ft Radius, Within 2000-Ft Radius, Within 2000-Ft Radius, Within 2000-Ft Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Razor Creek Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N;047N 002E;002E 34,35;02,03 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • PRINCIPAL LOCATION CITED AS SEC. 34, BUT DEPOSIT EXTENDS INTO SECS 35, 02, 03. BASED ON REFERENCE TO PRODUCTION AND OCCURRENCE AT FAULT ZONE, WORKINGS PROBABLY DEVELOPED ON LOS OCHOS FAULT IN SECS. 02 AND 03. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS FOR COMMON SECTION CORNER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of Cochetopa Creek
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of Cochetopa Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.72672, 38.37167
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 144.78M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silification, Fracturing, Brecciation Of Sedimentary Rocks Along Los Ochos And Related Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ORIGINAL CRIB ENTRY CITES PRODUCTION OF 4800 TONS ORE AT 0.15% U308 FROM 370-FT LEVEL (DMEA RECORDS)

Comments on development

  • DISTRICT MINED PREVIOUSLY FOR AU AND BASE METALS. GUNNISON MINING CO. DISCOVERED URANIUM IN 1954 ALONG LOS OCHOS FAULT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN SILICIFIED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN FAULT CONTACT WITH PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS. APPARENTLY SIMILAR TO THORNBURG MINE AND KATHY JO CLAIM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-82 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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