| Deposit ID | 10107981 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009336 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Tallahassee Creek District |
| Alternate or previous names | Hansen Deposit, Picnic Tree Mine, Colorado Lease 519, Dickson-Snooper Mine, Mary L Mine, Joan |
| Related records | 10142720 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.54447, 38.54695 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2438 |
| Relative position | 8 MILES N 65 W OF PARKDALE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fremont(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hall Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)
Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Fremont |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 017S;017S | 073W;072W | 22,25,26,27,36;29,30,31,32 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Coffinite | Ore |
| Uraninite | Ore |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source | ||||
| Rock description | Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose |
| Rock unit name | Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate;Echo Park Formation |
| Rock description | Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate;Echo Park Formation |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | -105.54447, 38.54695 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys |
| General form | TABULAR, PODS |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| Year of first production | 1952 |
| Year of last production | 1969 |
| District name | Tallahassee Creek District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Year | 1971 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1954-1971 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | U ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Ore mined | 77111mt | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.25% U308 Average | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 10077480kg commodity | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009336 |
WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.
EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.
BABCOCK, J.W., 1980, TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN SILVER CLIFF VOLCANIC CENTER AND TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS' SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, P. 15-31.
MACPHERSON, B.A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: USAEC RME-1083, OPEN-FILE REPORT, 41 P.
NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978; BABCOCK, 1980
BABCOCK, J.W., 1980
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | BELT OF LAYERED CALC-SILICATE GNEISS TRENDS N 70 TO 90 E. DEPOSIT LIES ON BRANCH OF HURRICANE HILL FAULT SYSTEM KNOWN AS ASCENSION FAULT, WHICH TRENDS N 62 W, 66 TO 85 NE AND IS ACTUALLY COMPOSED OF SEVERAL SUBPARALLEL ANASTAMOSING FAULT SURFACES. ASCENSION FAULT FORMS V-SHAPED BLOCK WITH SECOND FAULT TO NE TRENDING LESS NW, BOTH SHOWING RIGHT-LATERAL DISPLACEMENT. PITCHBLENDE OCCURS AS COLLOFORM COATINGS ON QUARTZ- AND CARBONATE-CEMENTED BRECCIA FRAGMENTS IN HANGING WALL OF ASCENSION FAULT AND AS THIN STRINGERS ON SUBSIDIARY FAULTS AND FRACTURES. |
| Deposit | DUPLICATE D002241 DELETED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1982 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 14-JUN-2004 | Keller, John W. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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