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New Discovery

Past Producer 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192218
MAS/MILS ID 0081130229
Record type Site
Current site name New Discovery
Alternate or previous names White Spur, Barbara Jo Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.05315, 37.9486 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Miguel(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Cone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Miguel(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado San Miguel

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 043 N 011 W 35 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Enargite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Soda Niter Unknown
Uralian Emerald Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.05315, 37.9486
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 70N
    Thickness 2M
    Length 9M
    Width 2M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N70W:70N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lower San Miguel District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Boyd Robinson
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATA OBTAINED FROM PRR 2442 DATE EXAMINED: 1951 OWNER ADDRESS: PLACERVILLE COLO. URANIUM MINERALS OCCUR ON HANGINGWALL OF A CARBONATE VEIN RADIOACTIVITY: 20-50 X B.G. THE AREA IS COVERED BY THE 7-1/2 USGS MAP, LITTLE CONE.

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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