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Perry Delellis Claim

Occurrence in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013264
MRDS ID D009466
Record type Site
Current site name Perry Delellis Claim
Related records 10288611

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.73669, 38.33001 (WGS84)
Elevation 2146
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.9 MILES S 46 W OF COTOPAXI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotopaxi(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

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
New Mexico 047N 011E 15 CENTER OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; "300 YDS UP BUTTER CREEK AND ABOUT 30 FT UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CREEK" ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Malachite Trace

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY TO 15 TIMES BACKGROUND

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Rock description Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Wet Mountain Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Alvarado Fault

Ore body information

  • General form irregular

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous, Woody Fragments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Creek Area/Little Cottonwood Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Perry De Lellis
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Comments on the workings information

  • A VERY SMALL EXCAVATION WAS STARTED IN THE SIDE OF THE HILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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