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Glory Bee Mine

Past Producer in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101814
MRDS ID D009681
Record type Site
Current site name Glory Bee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.75347, 40.25913 (WGS84)
Elevation 1737
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4.2 MILES S 84 W OF TOWN OF SKULL CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lazy Y Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rangely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower White(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(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 Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003N 101W 05 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Iron Oxides

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Curtis Formation
    Rock description Curtis Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.75347, 40.25913
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift, Uinta Basin, Yampa Plateau, Douglas Creek Arch, Piceance Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Wash Syncline, Willow Creek Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Skull Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B., AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 268.

  • Deposit

    ROWLEY, PETER AND OTHERS, 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VERNAL 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, COLORADO, UTAH, AND WYOMING: USGS MAP MF-1163, 1: 250,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1982 Banke, Carl M. 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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