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Big Red 22

Past Producer in Gunnison 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016375
MRDS ID DC01113
Record type Site
Current site name Big Red 22

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.38561, 38.51389 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gunnison(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitepine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gunnison(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Gunnison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 49N 05E 11 SW4 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Mine is about 8 miles north of Sargents, in the SW/4 SW/4 sec. 11, T 49 N, R 5 E. (CGS Bull. 40 says location is a mile west in SW/4 sec. 10.)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Ore
Pitchblende Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Orthoquartzite
    Rock unit name Sawatch (or Harding) Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Proterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.38561, 38.51389
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description reverse fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • Uranium mineralization in remnant of quartzite along reverse fault.
  • GEOLOGY OF THE MINE AREA IS GIVEN ON THE MAP GEOLOGY OF THE GARFIELD QUADRANGE IN U.S.GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 289.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Tomichi (Whitepine) District

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.36 % U
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • In 1959-1960, 127 tons were mined at 0.22% U3O8 that contained 557 lb. U3O8. (CGS Bull. 40)

Comments on development

  • Production from an inclined shaft.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AEC PRODUCTION RECORDS

  • Deposit

    USBM PROD. RECORDS

  • Deposit

    Nelson-Moore, J.L., Collins, D.B., and Hornbaker, A.L., 1978, Radioactive mineral occurrences of Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1054 p., 12 pl.

  • Deposit

    Dings, M. G., and Robinson, C. S., 1957, Geology and ore deposits of the Garfield quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 289, 110 p.

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 29-MAR-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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