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Shell Group, Claim No. 1

Unknown in Moffat 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264045
MRDS ID DC03496
MAS/MILS ID 0080810079
Record type Site
Current site name Shell Group, Claim No. 1
Related records 10017431

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.96127, 40.56777 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yampa(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007 N 095 W 08 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.96127, 40.56777
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10W
    Dip 05W
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 122M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Strike And Dip N10W:05W
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Maybell District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner H. L. Sauke
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2181, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: 5XBG M ANOMALY IN SANDSTONE WITH INTENSE IRON STAINING. GYPSUM AND OCCUR AS THIN IRREGULAR STRINGERS. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IS LOCATION MAP FOR THE CLAIM (SKETCHED).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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