Sage Hen and Friendly Neighbor

Prospect in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10167641
MRDS ID D009092
MAS/MILS ID 0081090024
Record type Site
Current site name Sage Hen and Friendly Neighbor
Related records 10013027

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.74062, 38.3764 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Houston Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 048 N 002 E 34 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.74062, 38.3764

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 112.8M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner D. Crist And L. Kisida
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS OCT 1976 FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4347. THE CLAIMS SECS. 34 AND 35, T. 48 N., R. 2 E., AND IN SECS. 2 AND 3, T. R. 2 E., N.M.P.M., AND ARE ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAPS HOUSTON AND RAZOR CREEK DOME. THE REPORT IS DATED 1958, AND IS THE F DMEA REPORT, AN EARLIER (1956) REPORT HAVING CONCLUDED ASSIS WOULD BE JUSTIFIED. AS A RESULT, AN ESTIMATED 4800 TONS CONT ABOUT .15% U308 WAS FOUND AT DEPTHS OF ABOUT 370 FT., A DEPT THE DMEA REPORT FELT WOULD BE UNMINABLE CONSIDERING THE LOW AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, THE CLAIMS WERE CONTROLLED B UNIVERSAL METALS CO., OF NEB., THE AEC LISTING SHOWS THE CON AS D. CRIST AND L. KISIDA, COLORADO. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA RE ARE CLAIM, LOCATION, GEOLOGY, AND AN ISORAD MAP. THE REPORT ED FURTHER ASSISTANCE WOULD NOT BE JUSTIFIED.

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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