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Dinosaur No. 1 Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013258
MRDS ID D009453
Record type Site
Current site name Dinosaur No. 1 Claim
Related records 10288709

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.88389, 38.49668 (WGS84)
Elevation 1899
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 9.5 MILES N 58 E FROM PENROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pueblo(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pierce Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pueblo(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

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pueblo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018S 067W 10 NW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON BOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.5 MILES NW OF STONE CITY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.03 MR/HR, RANGE UP TO 0.36 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation;Dakota Sandstone
    Rock description Morrison Formation;Dakota Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.88389, 38.49668
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Canon City Embayment, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Creek (Turkey Creek) Anticline; County Line Syncline; Unnamed Normal Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turkey Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS IN DISCONTINUOUS RADIOACTIVE ZONE IN MORRISON FM SHALES. MINERALIZATION APPARENTLY LOCATED IN PARTLY SILICIFIED (REPLACED) DINOSAUR BONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 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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