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Topaz Group

Prospect in San Miguel county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191852
MRDS ID DC05428
MAS/MILS ID 0081130315
Record type Site
Current site name Topaz Group
Related records 10018431

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.85708, 38.0831 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hamm Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nucla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(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 San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 044 N 018 W 09 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Morrison Fm, Summerville Fm, and Entrada Sandstone
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Uravan

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3719. DATE OF RE 1955. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION THE CLAIMS WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY URADO URANIUM, INC. COLO. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 9, 10, 15 AND 16, T. 44 N., R. N.M.P.M., LOWER SAN MIGUEL MINING DISTRICT, AND ON THE 7-1/2 MAP, HAMM CANYON. THE NEAREST MILLS ARE AT NATURITA 40 MILES T, URAVAN 55 MILES DISTANCE, AND MONTICELLO, UTAH, 75 MILES INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE CLAIM AND LOCATION MAPS. THE REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION BE DENIE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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