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Sewell Ranch

Unknown in Custer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Thorium, 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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10264080
MRDS ID D008266
MAS/MILS ID 0080270038
Record type Site
Current site name Sewell Ranch
Related records 10012580

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.22557, 38.16111 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hardscrabble Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 022 S 070 W 04 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Thorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.22557, 38.16111
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 80E
    Thickness 9.1M
    Length 305M
    Width 2.4M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45W:80E
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hardscrabble District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. F. And C. A. Sewell
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MAS OCT 1976 FILE OWN: GF & CA SEWELL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-1713, DATED 1952. RADIOACTIVITY- 4XBG A THE DEPOSIT OCCURS AS A THORIUM VEIN OF TERTIARY AGE. SAMPLE VALUES AVERAGED .001% U308. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IS AN ISO FOR THE CLAIMS. THE AREA IS COVERED BY THE 7-1/2 MINUTE USGS HARDSCRABBLE MTN.

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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