Gold Lake

Prospect in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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Sections on this page
  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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10287736
MRDS ID DC03911
MAS/MILS ID 0080130042
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Lake
Alternate or previous names Diamond Claims, Et Al
Related records 10017609

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.45479, 40.07838 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 001 N 072 W 03 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.45479, 40.07838

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 7.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4470, DAYED 1956. A TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO PRODUCTION FROM THE CL THEN CONTROLLED BY SENECA MINES, INC., COLO. THE CLAIMS ARE 3, T. 1 N., R. 72 W., AND SECS. 33, 34, 27, T. 2 N., R. 72 W P.M. THE REPORT CONTAINS LOCATION AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. URANIUM IN SMALL POCKETS IN PEGMATITE ESPECIALLY IN THE BIOTITIC ARE DMEA REPORT STATED THAT ASSISTANCE FOR EXPLORATION SHOULD BE UNLESS LATER EVIDENCE SHOWS URANIUM HAS A HYDROTHERMAL ORIGI THE AREA.

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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