Section 36 Mine

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 10013185
MRDS ID D009333
Record type Site
Current site name Section 36 Mine
Alternate or previous names Glen Williams Mine
Related records 10190100

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.50752, 38.52251 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Relative position 7.6 MILES N 65 W OF PARKDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hall Gulch(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 017S 073W 36 NE OF NW (36); S2 (36) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN SOUTH AND MIDDLE TALLAHASSEE CREEKS ; 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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.50752, 38.52251

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Center, Currant Creek Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS
    Depth to top 39.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposition Controlled By Ground Water Flow Conditions And Carbonaceous Material With Associated Pyrite. Flow Was Impeded By The Fault On The Southern End Of The Echo Park Graben.

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 GROUND WATER 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 Tallahassee Creek

Land status

Ownership category State

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period 1959-1962
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.28% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on development

  • STATE LEASED PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 09-JUN-2004 Keller, John W. 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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