Sand Creek Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013184
MRDS ID D009332
Record type Site
Current site name Sand Creek Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.27557, 38.69167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2374
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 6.4 MILES S 33 W OF CRIPPLE CREEK, Location Given For Center Of Designated Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 016S 071W 01 E2 OF E2 OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR TOP OF LONG, NORTH-TRENDING RIDGE JUST NW OF INTERSECTION OF FOUR MILE CREEK AND HIGH CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation; Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
    Rock description Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.27557, 38.69167

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Paleo Channels Along Four Mile Creek And Its Adjacent Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Material

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS LOCALIZED AND PRESERVED BY SLUGGISH GROUNDWATER MOVEMENT IN AREA. THOSE CONDITIONS STILL PRESENT AS EVIDENCED BY ARTESIAN PRESSURE IN WELLS AND SPRINGS ISSUING FROM ECHO PARK FORMATION AND BY A PRESENT URANIUM CONTENT OF GROUNDWATER IN AREA AS HIGH AS 900 PPB.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name High Park Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.20% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SAND CREEK NO. 4

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 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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