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Dependable Group and Snowshoe Claim

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium
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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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094531
MRDS ID D009104
Record type Site
Current site name Dependable Group and Snowshoe Claim
Related records 10119202

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.75755, 38.30472 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 18.7 MILES S28E FROM GUNNISON, Within 0.12-Mile Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawtooth Mountain(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 047N 002E 28 W2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLY ABOVE AND EAST OF COCHETOPA CR. ON FLATTER AREA BEYOND RIM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Gangue
Limestone Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Staining; Kaolinitization Of Feldspars

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.01 TO 0.03 MR/HR, RANGE 0.03 TO 0.2 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite Of Cochetopa Creek
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite Of Cochetopa Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite;Morrison Formation
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite;Morrison Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.75755, 38.30472
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome; Unnamed Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicification, Fracturing, Brecciation Of Sedimentary Rocks Along Los Ochos And Related Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner S. M. U. Mining Co.
    Home office Lajara, Co.
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS DISCOVERY CUTS, ELONGATED OPEN CUT; 75-FT CORE HOLE

Comments on development

  • DISTRICT MINED PREVIOUSLY FOR AU AND BASE METALS. GUNNISON MINING CO. DISCOVERED URANIUM IN 1954 ALONG LOS OCHOS FAULT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit E-W TO N70E TRENDING FAULTS AND SHEAR ZONES CUT PRECAMBRIAN AND JURASSIC ROCKS. SHEAR ZONES CONTAIN ALTERATION AND BRECCIATION

Reporter information

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

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