Goermer Lease

Past Producer in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. 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. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013102
MRDS ID D009202
Record type Site
Current site name Goermer Lease

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.60836, 38.72917 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 4.8 MILES S 73 W FROM GUFFEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thirtyone Mile Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S 073W 19 N2 OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1982 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Wall Mountain Tuff
    Rock description Wall Mountain Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Minturn Formation;Echo Park Alluvium Geographically Close To Host
    Rock description Minturn Formation;Echo Park Alluvium Geographically Close To Host

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.60836, 38.72917

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Front Range, Guffey Volcanic Center
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/Fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1966

Mining district

District name Guffey District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1966
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.28% U308, 0.59% V205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 1wt-pct
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Collins, Donna B. 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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