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Willow Creek Group

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013138
MRDS ID D009257
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek Group
Alternate or previous names Beta Group
Related records 10264832

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.96895, 38.27778 (WGS84)
Elevation 3094
Relative position 16.3 MILES S 10 W FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spring Hill Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Gunnison(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 046N;047N 001W;001W 03,04;32,33 NW OF NW (03); NE (04); SE (32); SE OF SE (33) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF WILLOW CREEK 5 MILES NE OF IRON HILL. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS FOR PROSPECTS IN SEC. 4 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation;Junction Creek Sandstone
    Rock description Morrison Formation;Junction Creek Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.96895, 38.27778
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cimarron Fault; Unnamed Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Hill Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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