Ridgeway No. 3 Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013030
MRDS ID D009103
Record type Site
Current site name Ridgeway No. 3 Claim
Related records 10167687

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.7834, 38.35639 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Relative position 15 MILES S30E FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawtooth Mountain(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 047N 002E 08 NW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF MUDDY CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Hematite Staining

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.01 TO 0.015 MR/HR, RANGE 0.05 TO 0.3 MR/HR

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) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of Cochetopa Creek;Metasedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of Cochetopa Creek;Metasedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.7834, 38.35639

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

Controls for ore emplacement

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James Berger And Thomas Liggett
    Home office Gunnison, Co.
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROSPECT PITS 2 FT AND 4 FT DEEP

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 SHEAR ZONES TREND N55E AND N70W AND INTERSECT NEAR UPPER PROSPECT PIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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