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Unk

Prospect in Montezuma county in Colorado, United States with commodities Coal, Vanadium
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190975
MAS/MILS ID 0080830157
Record type Site
Current site name Unk

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.34395, 37.23111 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montezuma(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trail Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mancos(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Montezuma

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 034 N 014 W 01 C Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Coal Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.34395, 37.23111
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.2M
    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. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Date of Last Modification 780926

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mc Elmo Creek

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Four Corners Uranium Co.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:CRIB NO. DC03602

  • Deposit

    ALSO SECTION 12, 15, 31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2229, DATED 1953. RADIOACTIVITY: 10XBG AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, PRODUCTION WAS IN PROGRESS; A SAM SHIPMENT OF 70 TONS ASSAYED .12% U308. MINERALIZATION IS CON ED IN CLAY ZONES AND FRACTURES ASSOCIATED WITH GYPSUM CRUSTI TIONS IN THE SANDSTONE. OWNER WAS LOCATED IN CORTEZ, COLORAD

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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