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Brown Lava Lode

Unknown in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239079
MRDS ID D009473
MAS/MILS ID 0080430026
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Lava Lode
Related records 10013266

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.45838, 38.34061 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 020 S 072 W 05 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.45838, 38.34061
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80W
    Dip 80S
    Width 0.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Strike And Dip N80W:80S
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner V. P. And B. W. Coleman
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS FILE 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-1813, DATED 1950. RADIOACTIVITY: 5.5 TI MAXIMUM. AT THE TIME, MINE WORKINGS WERE TWO SHAFTS, 9 AND 2 DEEP. RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS IN FRACTURE ZONES IN RHYOLITE WHI BEEN ALTERED TO LIMONITE. THE AREA IS COVERED ON THE 15 MINU MAP, ROYAL GORGE.

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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