Arrowhead Claims

Past Producer in Eagle 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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214616
MAS/MILS ID 0080370005
Record type Site
Current site name Arrowhead Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.52562, 39.72188 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eagle(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Edwards(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Eagle

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 004 S 082 W 12 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown
Tyuyamunite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.52562, 39.72188

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 18N
    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
    Strike And Dip :18N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Skyland Engineering Co.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS OCT 1976 FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 3775, DATED 1956. A TIME OF THE REPORT, THE ONLY PRODUCTION HAD BEEN 3-1/2 TONS ASSAYING .33% U308 MINED FROM ARROWHEAD #1. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT ARE LOCATION AND CLAIM MAPS. AS A RESULT OF AEC DRILL THE CLAIMS WHICH DISCOVERED NO ORE OR FAVORABLE GROUND, 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

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.