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High Park District

Past Producer in Fremont 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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013196
MRDS ID D009348
Record type District
Current site name High Park District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.27557, 38.00003 (WGS84)
Elevation 2374
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES S 20 W OF CRIPPLE CREEK, Locations Given For Approximate Center Of District

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rosita(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont
United States Colorado Teller

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015S;016S;015S 071W;071W;070W 25,36;01;31;30 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN HIGH PARK NORTH OF HIGH CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = TRINIDAD 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
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 Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.27557, 38.00003
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Paleovalleys Along Fourmile Creek And Its Adjacent Fault; High Park Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Material Deposition Controlled By Ground Water Flow Conditions And Carbonaceous Material With Associated Pyrite, Flow Was Possibly Impeded By Faults

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 HGIH AS 900 PPB.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name High Park District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Editor 16-NOV-11 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey Changed record type from site to district.

Beyond USGS

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