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Blue Jay

Past Producer in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166113
MRDS ID DC04740
MAS/MILS ID 0080130038
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay
Alternate or previous names Blue Jay and Violet Ray Area
Related records 10108335

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.38289, 40.10778 (WGS84)

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 002 N 072 W 30 SESWNW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.38289, 40.10778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 22.9M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 15.3
    Date of Last Modification 790503

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Front Range

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Enibeta Corp.
    Year 1975

Production statistics

  • Year 1903
    Material ore
    Ore mined 393.68mt
    Accuracy Accurate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF VANDERWILT MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLO P 324 MINE MAP

  • Deposit

    402316, 402332 AND OTHERS REF USGS PROF PAPER 223 PL

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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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