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Shylo Group

Past Producer in Rio Blanco 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. Host and associated rocks
  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 10013417
MRDS ID D009697
Record type Site
Current site name Shylo Group
Related records 10119346

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.66038, 40.11386 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 14.6 MILES N 69 W FROM MEEKER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rio Blanco(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawmill Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Meeker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper White(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Rio Blanco

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 002N 092W 25 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Rock description Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.66038, 40.11386
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description White River Uplift, Axial Basin Arch
Type of structure Local
Structure description Danforth Hills Anticline, Sulphur Creek Syncline, Unnamed Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Coal Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • THE SHYLO GROUP AS OF 1971 HAD YIELDED 3,060 TONS OF ORE AT A GRADE OF 0.22% U308 AND 0.87% V205, PRODUCING 13,340 LBS OF U308 AND 53,291 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

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