Cedars Mining Company Claim No. 1

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10142400
MAS/MILS ID 0080810055
Record type Site
Current site name Cedars Mining Company Claim No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.95487, 40.48437 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Juniper Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Meeker(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)

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 006 N 094 W 09 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.95487, 40.48437

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 305M
    Width 0.9M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Maybell-Lay

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner John Woolgar
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Counts Henderson
    Year 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2201, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: 33XBG RADIOACTIVITY IS IN BRECCIA ZONE MADE UP OF SANDSTONE AND QU PROPERTY REPORTEDLY LEASED TO JOHN WOOLGAR, CRAIG, COLORADO. URANIUM MINERALS FORM COATINGS ON BRECCIA FRAGMENTS. THE ARE COVERED BY THE 7-1/2 MINUTE USGS MAP, JUNIPER HOT SPRINGS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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