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Mcintire Property

Prospect in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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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. Mineral occurrence model 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016603
MRDS ID DC01621
Record type Site
Current site name Mcintire Property
Alternate or previous names Mc Intire

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.25834, 37.69085 (WGS84)
Elevation 2524
Relative position 3.6 MILES S 30 W FROM RED WING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Wing(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 027S 070W 19 SE OF NW OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • AIRPHOTOS SUGGEST PROPERTY IS IN NE/4 ALONG UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TO PASS CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Analytical data

Result QUESTIONABLE ASSAY OF 0.6 % U3O8

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Sangre De Cristo Formation
    Rock description Sangre De Cristo Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.25834, 37.69085
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Raton Basin Trough
Type of structure Local
Structure description Malachite Syncline, Palo Duro And Related Thrust Faults (Sangre De Cristo Thrust Complex)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name La Veta Pass Area Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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