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Horn Property

Occurrence in Park county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, REE
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013825
MRDS ID D010346
Record type Site
Current site name Horn Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.91727, 39.45416 (WGS84)
Elevation 3414
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 8.2 MILES N 50 W OF JEFFERSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boreas Pass(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 007S 076W 07,08 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; SOUTH OF GEORGIA PASS, NEAR MICHIGAN LAKE ALONG MICHIGAN CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
REE Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND 150 CPS
Result RANGE OF RADIOACTIVITY 150-1200 CPS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Amphibolite And Felsic Gneiss
    Rock description Amphibolite And Felsic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.91727, 39.45416
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Park Range, Williams Range, Tenmile Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Large Nw-Trending Faults-Elkhorn Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints, Fractures, Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kenosha Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL PITS, 3 ADITS

Comments on development

  • THE WORKINGS HERE ARE PROBABLY OLD ONES LEFT FROM GOLD AND/OR SILVER EXPLORATION (LATE 1800'S?).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OTHER MINE WORKINGS ON SUMMIT COUNTY SIDE OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE PROBABLY ARE VERY SIMILAR AND/OR RELATED DEPOSITS

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.

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