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Airborne Anomaly

Occurrence in Las Animas 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090122
MRDS ID D006653
Record type Site
Current site name Airborne Anomaly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.25609, 37.2417 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7 MILES N70E FROM TRINIDAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Las Animas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mooney Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Purgatoire(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Las Animas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 032S 061W 20 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NO SECTION SUBDIVISION GIVEN. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS FOR CENTER OF SEC.20. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result MEASURED RADIOACTIVITY 16X BACKGROUND
Result GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.4 % U308.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.25609, 37.2417
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raton Basin Trough, Sierra Grande Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Model Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trinidad Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • 2.5-FT-DEEP PIT DUG INTO ALLUVIUM

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN ALLUVIUM ABOVE THE PIERRE SHALE

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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