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Colexco No. 1-43 Claims

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Manganese
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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. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013268
MRDS ID D009477
Record type Site
Current site name Colexco No. 1-43 Claims
Alternate or previous names Red Cliff 30
Related records 10142265

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.26697, 38.56622 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES N 12 W OF CANON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rice Mountain(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 017S 070W 18,17,07,08 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH OF RED CANYON PARK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALIZATION OFTEN FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH NODULES AND CONCRETIONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Iron Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY 2 TO 60 TIMES BACKGROUND
Result 0.010 TO .094 % EU AND 0.080 TO 0.92 % U. ABOUT 0.1 % V205 AND 0.010 TO 0.521 % MN REPORTED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.26697, 38.56622
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Colorado Front Range, Canon City Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Syncline

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Length 914.4M
    Width 609.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Slickensided Vertical Faults/Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Canon City Embayment, Fourmile Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Material ORE U3O8
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.22 % U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct
  • Year 1967
    Period 1960-1967
    Material ORE U3O8
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.08 % U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MINED FROM RED CLIFF 30 CLAIM

Comments on development

  • SOME PROSPECTING AND SURFACE WORK HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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