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Unnamed Prospects

Prospect in Saguache 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094520
MRDS ID D008953
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -106.54478, 38.39833 (WGS84)
Elevation 2530
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 6.5 MILES DUE WEST OF SARGENTS, center prospect of 4 pits

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Doyleville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(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

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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 004E 20,21,28,29 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF NEEDLE CREEK ON NW FLANK OF MILL HILL. LAT-LONG IS COMMON SECTION CORNER. PROSPECTS SCATTERED ALONG NE-TO-SW TREND THRU SECTIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Granitic Rocks
    Rock description Granitic Rocks
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation;Dakota Group
    Rock description Morrison Formation;Dakota Group

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -106.54478, 38.39833
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field
Type of structure Local
Structure description Unnamed Normal Fault

Comments on the geologic information

  • JURASSIC AND CRETACEOUS SEDIMENTARY ROCKS DOWN DROPPED AGAINST PRECAMBRIAN GRANITIC ROCKS

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 Sargents Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CONS. DIV. COMP DATE 8/69

  • Deposit

    TWETO, OGDEN, AND OTHERS, 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MF-761

  • Deposit

    RAINES, G.L., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE SARGENTS AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-1378.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-82 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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