Apache No. 4 Prospect

Prospect in Saguache 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094554
MRDS ID D009240
Record type Site
Mineralized Area Marshall Pass
Current site name Apache No. 4 Prospect
Related records 10288760

Geographic coordinates

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

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 006E 19 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON NOSE OF RIDGE NORTH OF INDIAN CREEK 4.9 MILES WNW OF MARSHALL PASS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result CORE SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.24% U308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harding Quartzite
    Rock description Harding Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.33727, 38.39639

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 1.37M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracturing related to Indian Creek Anticline

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 Marshall Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED BY DIAMOND CORE DRILLING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit URANIUM OCCURS AS INTERSTITIAL FILLINGS AND AS COATINGS ON FRACTURES PROBABLY RELATED TO FOLDING ON INDIAN CREEK ANTICLINE

Reporter information

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