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Ace High Claims

Occurrence in Routt county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10265071
MRDS ID D002319
MAS/MILS ID 0081070001
Record type Site
Current site name Ace High Claims
Alternate or previous names Fall River Group, Dennis D. Claims, Ace High or Fall River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.65453, 40.80497 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Routt(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Zirkel(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yampa(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Mount Zirkel Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Routt

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 010 N 082 W 30 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • Redundant record 100009374 gave location in both sections 30 and 31.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Redundant record 100009374 listed copper as a major commodity. However, there is not verified.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Galena Unknown
Gold Unknown
Silver Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.65453, 40.80497
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #3 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Comments on the geologic information

  • Redundant record 100009374 gave rock information and age.
  • ABW moved Pyrite and pyrrhotite to the top of the ore minerals list. Didn't make any other changes to materials.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Slavonia

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the environmental information

  • Hydrologic unit code calculated 3-94 using GIS overlay analysis with 1:1000000(est) scale federal ownership boundaries.
  • Redundant record 100009374 gave HUC drainage as North Platte Headwaters.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4727, DATED 1957. A TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE CL THEN CONTROLLED BY SUMMIT MINING CO., COLO. THE CLAIMS ARE I GROUP IS ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, MOUNT ZIRKEL. INCLUDED IN DMEA REPORT ARE CLAIM AND MINE MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUD AND LOCATION MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED EXPLORATION ASS BE DENIED.
Deposit ABW merged data from 10009374 and recommended that record be deleted.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1977 Hasler, J. William U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-JUN-1993 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 20-JUN-2008 Wilson, Anna B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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