Eureka Group

Past Producer in Larimer 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101852
MRDS ID D010386
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Group
Related records 10118674

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.43031, 40.57609 (WGS84)
Elevation 2487
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 14.3 MILES N 16 E FROM ESTES PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crystal Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Big Thompson(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007N 072W 14 N2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF BUCKHORN CREEK. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER N2 SEC. 14. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) U Mineral Alteration

Analytical data

Result ORE GRADE 0.12 % U308
Result CHANNEL AND CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.08 % TO 0.25 % EQUIV U308.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Tonalite (Quartz Diorite)
    Rock description Pegmatite;Tonalite (Quartz Diorite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartz-Mica Schist;Pegmatite
    Rock description Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartz-Mica Schist;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.43031, 40.57609

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thompson Canyon Fault, Mt Olympus Batholith, Ne-Trending Folds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1956

Mining district

District name Crystal Mountain (Storm Mountain) Pegmatite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material ORE U ACC
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.12% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Minor U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE TRENDS GENERALLY N 80 W. ORE FOUND AT CONTACT BETWEEN PEGMATITE AND QUARTZ-BIOTITE SCHIST WALL ROCK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 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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