| Deposit ID | 10094554 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009240 |
| Record type | Site |
| Mineralized Area | Marshall Pass |
| Current site name | Apache No. 4 Prospect |
| Related records | 10288760 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -106.33727, 38.39639 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 2911 |
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
| Relative position | 4.1 MILES S 82 E FROM SARGENTS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Saguache(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pahlone Peak(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
Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Saguache |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 048N | 006E | 19 | SE | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pitchblende | Ore |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | CORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.24% U308 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Harding Quartzite | ||||
| Rock description | Harding Quartzite | ||||
| |||||
| Ore Body (1) | -106.33727, 38.39639 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure name | Chester Fault, Indian Creek Syncline, Indian Creek Anticline |
| Structure description | Chester Fault, Indian Creek Syncline, Indian Creek Anticline |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.37M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Marshall Pass District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009240 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0081090037 |
WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM-MARSHALL PASS DISTRICT, IN DEL RIO, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO--FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 357-359.
RANSPOT, H.W., 1958, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN CREEK AREA., GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: UNIV. COLORADO M.S. THESIS
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | URANIUM OCCURS AS INTERSTITIAL FILLINGS AND AS COATINGS ON FRACTURES PROBABLY RELATED TO FOLDING ON INDIAN CREEK ANTICLINE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-82 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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