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Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

Occurrence in Cheyenne 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018173
MRDS ID DC05003
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.58216, 38.71558 (WGS84)
Elevation 1308
Relative position 12 MILES S73E OF KIT CARSON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cheyenne(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

South of Firstview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cheyenne Wells(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lamar(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Cheyenne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 15S 46W 29 S2 OF N2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATIONS GIVEN FOR CENTER OF SECTION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.006% U308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pierre Shale--Lower unit
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Denver Basin, Las Animas Arch, N-Trending Anticline

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Organic Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cheyenne Wells Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL OUTCROP OF PIERRE SHALE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1983 Collins, Donna B. U.S. 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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