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Root Ranch Lease

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10214918
MRDS ID DC05731
MAS/MILS ID 0080470057
Record type Site
Current site name Root Ranch Lease
Related records 10108442

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.49253, 39.76138 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gilpin(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Hawk(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Gilpin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003 S 072 W 29 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Torbernite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Laramide intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 780921

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MAS FILE, DMEA REPORT, POCKET NO. 4529

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4529. DATE OF RE 1957. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 19,29, AND 30, T. 3 S., R. 72 P.M., AND AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT WERE CONTROLLED BY NEUN. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, AREA, AND SK MAPS. THE PEGMATITES CONTAINING URANIUM MATERIAL ARE SMALL ( FT. BY A FEW TENS OF FT.) AND AVERAGE LESS THAN 0.1% U308. A RESULT, THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE DENIE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 07-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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