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Batterson Lode

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013996
MRDS ID D010586
Record type Site
Current site name Batterson Lode

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.57477, 40.7472 (WGS84)
Elevation 2512
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 35.6 MILES N68W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rustic(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009N 073W 16 NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN MANHATTAN CREEK AND ELKHORN CREEK ABOUT 1.9 MILES NE OF MA NHATTAN. ELEV AND LAT-LONG ARE FOR CENTER NE SEC. 16. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1980

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.05 MR/HR, RANGE TO 0.2 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sherman Granite
    Rock description Sherman Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sherman Granite
    Rock description Sherman Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.57477, 40.7472
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manhattan District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 30-FT-DEEP SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENC ES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40,

  • Deposit

    KUEHNEL, F.W., AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. DEB-PRR-C-1618

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOOTY PITCHBLENDE ASSOCIATED WITH BLEBS OF PYRITE IN N 70 E-TREND ING QUARTZ VEIN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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