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Dilley Ranch

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 10263963
MRDS ID D009631
MAS/MILS ID 0080430031
Record type Site
Current site name Dilley Ranch
Alternate or previous names Dilley Lease
Related records 10101808

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.22807, 38.27361 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockvale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 047 N 070 W 28 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Unknown
Jarosite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.22807, 38.27361
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N85W
    Dip 12S
    Thickness 0.6M
    Depth to top 15M
    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
    Strike And Dip N85W:12S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Thrty Nine Mile

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner John Beaton
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Curmac Mining Co.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS FILE 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-1794, DATED 1955. RADIOACTIVITY: MAX. 1 AVG. 4 X BG. AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT, MINE WORKINGS WERE; CUT 180 FT. LONG AND AN ADIT 14 FT. LONG. THE MINERALIZED ZO IRON STAINED, GYPSIFEROUS, CARBONACEOUS, BLACK SHALE BED. JOHN BEATON WAS LISTED AS THE MOST RECENT CONTROLLER OF THE PROPERTY BY THE E.R.D.A. AND CURMAC MINING WAS LISTED ON THE

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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