Lucky Jim Claims

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013951
MRDS ID D010524
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Jim Claims
Alternate or previous names Lucky Jim 1
Related records 10167481

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.74781, 39.15556 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 8.6 MILES N70W OF GARO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Rock(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 010S 075W 26 NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • WEST OF ELKHORN ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Antero Formation
    Rock description Antero Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.74781, 39.15556

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Park Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Elkhorn Thrust Fault, Ne-And Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Material, Fault Intersections

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Year of first production 1958
Year of last production 1963

Mining district

District name Chase Gulch Area, South Park

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Period 1958-1963
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.18% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.016HA
    Overall length 18.29M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 X 60 FT PIT, 50 HOLES DRILLED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOA CTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 4 0, P. 368

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W., WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1 :250,000.

  • Production

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L. (1978)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 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

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