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Golden Grain Claims

Unknown in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142274
MAS/MILS ID 0080810056
Record type Site
Current site name Golden Grain Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.64986, 40.61967 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yampa(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008 N 091 W 30 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.64986, 40.61967
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Craig

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Utah Construction Co.
    Home office California
    Year 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2156, DATED 1955. RADIOACTIVITY: 200XBG INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IS A SKETCH LOCATION MAP. RADIOACTIVI OCCURS IN A DARK-BUFF TO BROWN MEDIUM-GRAINED, IRON-STAINED, CONSOLIDATED MEMBER OF LOWER BROWNS PARK. A LIGHT-GREEN TO Y UNIDENTIFIED, FLUORESCENT URANIUM MINERAL WAS OBSERVED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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