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Sugar Loaf Mine

Past Producer in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum
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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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013412
MRDS ID D009687
Record type Site
Current site name Sugar Loaf Mine
Related records 10263736

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.93345, 40.52997 (WGS84)
Elevation 1905
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 2.7 MILES DUE WEST OF LAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yampa(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(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 Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007N 094W 27 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Uranophane Ore
Selenite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) (See Back)

Analytical data

Result (SEE BACK)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.93345, 40.52997
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Washakie Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lay Syncline, Maybell Monocline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Maybell District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • AS OF 1971, 357 TONS HAD BEEN MINED AT GRADES OF 0.15% U308 AND 0.07% V205, PRODUCING 1,070 LBS. OF U308 AND 533 LBS OF V205 (NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Banke, Carl M. 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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