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South Apache Creek Prospects

Prospect in Huerfano 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013988
MRDS ID D010572
Record type Site
Current site name South Apache Creek Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.95473, 38.85083 (WGS84)
Elevation 2268
Relative position 12.7 MILES N69E FROM GARDNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manitou Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 025S 068W 24,25 SE OF SE OF SW (24); NW OF NW (25) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG SOUTH APACHE CREEK 6.1 MILES NE OF BADITO CONE. ELEV AND LAT -LONG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT IN NW NW SEC. 25. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = PUEBLO 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result BASKIN'S CHIP SAMPLES FROM ADITS CONTAINED 0.001% U308 AND 0.03% V 205

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Alaskitic Granite;Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite;Hornblende Gneiss And Amphibolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.95473, 38.85083
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Greenhorn Anticline, Delcarbon Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE TUNNELS OF UNKNOWN LENGTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 09-MAY-2005 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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