Rupp Property

Occurrence in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087772
MRDS ID D009483
Record type Site
Current site name Rupp Property
Alternate or previous names Raup Mine 39

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.27057, 38.56973 (WGS84)
Elevation 2027
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES N 10 W OF CANON CITY, Within About 0.25 Mile, Within About 0.25 Mile

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rice Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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 Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 017S 070W 18 W2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN MAVERICK GULCH AND SEEP SPRINGS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Limonite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Bleaching And Other Alteration

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY TO 12 TIMES BACKGROUND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone, Upper Member
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone, Upper Member
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.27057, 38.56973

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Southern Colorado Front Range, Canon City Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ns-Trending Anticline; Syncline To East; Mikesell Gulch Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip S14E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Faults; Clay Seams And Vugs; Plant Casts And Debris; Carbonaceous Material

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canon City Embayment, Fourmile Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Rampart Exploration
    Home office Denver, Co.
    First year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.061HA
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT LIES ON WEST SIDE OF ANTICLINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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