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First Chance

Past Producer 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. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263778
MRDS ID D009320
MAS/MILS ID 0080430033
Record type Site
Current site name First Chance
Related records 10013174

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.48698, 38.52531 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gribble Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(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 017 S 072 W 31 E2NWE2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.48698, 38.52531
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 49HA
    Depth to top 8M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 49
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Front Range

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Hurd And Associates
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION SOURCE: E.R.D.A. COMPUTER PRINT OUT OF OPEN FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COLORADO STATE BUREAU OF MINES REPORTS SHOW THE FIRST CHANCE TO BE USING 89 MEN IN AN OPEN PIT OPERATION IN 1959.

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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