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Blue Jay

Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108335
MRDS ID DC04740
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay
Related records 10166113

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.38289, 40.10778 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTER OF SEC. IN MCCORKLE GULCH, 3000 FT. S 20 E OF JAMESTOWN AT 7100 FT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(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 Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 02N 71W 30 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.38289, 40.10778
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: URANIUM MINERALS: URANINITE, URANOTHORITE. ASSOC. MINERALS: FLUORITE (STRONGLY BRECCIATED, DEEP VIOLET, COARSELY CRYSTALLINE), QTZ, PYRITE, GALENA, CLAY MINERALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Comments on the production information

  • 2 LEVELS. OUTPUT OF URAN. HAS BEEN NEGLIGIBLE (0.037 TO 0.045 PERCENT U)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMS & SHERIDAN, 1964, USGS BULL. 1159

  • Deposit

    LOVERING & GODDARD, 1950, USGS PP 223, PG 277.

  • Deposit

    GODDARD, COLO. SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 1, PG 33-34

  • Deposit

    ARGALL, 1949, COLO. SCH. MINES QUART., V. 44, NO. 2, PG 182.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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