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Tipton Ranch

Unknown in Eagle 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. 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 10288428
MRDS ID DC03187
MAS/MILS ID 0080370007
Record type Site
Current site name Tipton Ranch
Related records 10017259

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.73203, 39.90998 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eagle(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Eagle

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 002 S 083 W 06 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown
Manganite Unknown
Pyrolusite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.73203, 39.90998
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 40N
    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
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip :40N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mc Coy District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner J. B. Tipton
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS OCT 1976 FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-1754, DATED 1955. AT THE TIME OF THE RE THE CLAIMS WERE CONTROLLED BY J.B. TIPTON, BOX 622, MC COY, SAMPLES ASSAYED .19% U308 (HIGH GRADE) AND .07% U308 (BOUNDI AREA). THICKNESS OF DEPOSIT IS ABOUT 1 FT. INCLUDED IS A PLA CROSS SECTION SKETCH MAP OF THE CLAIM. THE OWNER INTENDED TO STRIP DEPOSIT.

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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