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Felch Creek 1

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013271
MRDS ID D009482
Record type Site
Current site name Felch Creek 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.19224, 38.54168 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES N 24 E 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

Cooper 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 26 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR FELCH CREEK, SOUTH OF CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY ABOUT 4 TIMES BACKGROUND

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

(1) -105.19224, 38.54168
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Can City Embayment, Southern Colorado Front Range

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization Associated With Manganese Oxide

Comments on the geologic information

  • BOULDERS OF DAKOTA SANDSTONE HAVE A MANGANESE COATING WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canon City Embayment, Fourmile Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

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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