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Three States Natural Gas Company Prospect

Occurrence in Montezuma 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014209
MRDS ID D010879
Record type Site
Current site name Three States Natural Gas Company Prospect
Related records 10215087

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.78817, 37.36334 (WGS84)
Elevation 1817
Relative position 10.8 MILES N 85 W FROM CORTEZ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montezuma(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Battle Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

McElmo(hydrologic unit)

Lower San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montezuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 036N 018W 24 NW OF SW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result THREE SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.049, 0.028, 0.021% U3O8 (RADIOMETRIC)
Result 0.015, 0.019, 0.006% U3O8 (CHEM.), LT 0.1% V2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Entrada Sandstone;Summerville Formation
    Rock description Entrada Sandstone;Summerville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.78817, 37.36334
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Mcelmo Dome, Unnamed Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne-Trending Graben

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mcelmo Creek (Ute Mountains) Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Three States Natural Gas Co.
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ben Archibeque
    Home office Mancos, Co.
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SURFACE PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 63-64.

  • Deposit

    EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN ENTRADA SANDSTONE ALONG NE-TRENDING FAULT IN GRABEN ON SW FLANK OF MCELMO DOME. FAULT DISPLACES ENTRADA ON NW AGAINST SUMMERVILLE FM ON SE.

Reporter information

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

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