Hill Top Prospect

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013785
MRDS ID D010270
Record type Site
Current site name Hill Top Prospect
Related records 10239890

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.39002, 39.02583 (WGS84)
Elevation 2573
Relative position 3.6 MILES N 28 W OF LAKE GEORGE (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tarryall(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012S 072W 12 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.39002, 39.02583

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats
Type of structure Local
Structure description Badger Flats Fault, Round Mountain Syncline, Elkhorn Thrust

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fissures, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Badger Flats Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 PIT, 1 CUT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONED PEGMATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.