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Brandt Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013365
MRDS ID D009614
Record type Site
Current site name Brandt Claims
Related records 10190290

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.04306, 38.52362 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 11 MILES N 63 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

Phantom Canyon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 017S 068W 31 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • POSSIBLY ALSO EXTENDS INTO SECTION 32 AND SECTIONS 5 AND 6, T 18 S, R 68 W ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore
Iron Gangue
Montmorillonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) There Is A Cap Of Altered Montmorillonite (?) Over The Dakota Formation

Analytical data

Result INFORMATION FROM PRR-1797, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: MAX. 1 SAMPLES ASSAYED ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF .20% U308.

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) -105.04306, 38.52362
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Canon City Embayment, Colorado Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED, TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joint Planes, Iron Oxides, Fracturing

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Beaver Creek Area, Soda Springs Park Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Red Mountain Clay Co., J. Brandt
    First year 1980

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL EXPLORATION PITS, DRILLING

Comments on development

  • THERE WERE SEVERAL EXPLORATION PITS AND 16 TEN FT DRILL HOLES. A SMALL ORE BODY WAS DEVELOPED, BUT THERE WAS NO PRODUCTION

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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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