Lookout #22

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288803
MRDS ID D009219
MAS/MILS ID 0081090016
Record type Site
Current site name Lookout #22
Related records 10013115

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.29, 38.3992 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pahlone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison 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 Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 048 N 006 E 22 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.29, 38.3992

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 7.6M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 BRECCIA FILL
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Marshall Pass District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Monarch Exploration Co.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS OCT 1976 FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION SOURCE: DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4836. DATE OF RE 1959 AND IS THE FINAL REPORT, THE DMEA REPORT OF 1958 HAVING ED FURTHER EXPLORATION. THE 1959 REPORT IS A REVIEW OF THAT TION. THE CLAIMS ARE ON THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP PAHLONE PEAK. A TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, THE CLAIMS WERE CONTROLLED BY GIBRA MINERALS CO., TEXAS. THE AEC LISTS THE CONTROLLER AS MONARCH CO, COLORADO. AT THE TIME OF THE DMEA REPORT, 470 TONS OF OR AVERAGING 1.42% U308 HAD BEEN MINED. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA RE ARE LOCATION, CLAIM, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. NO FURTHER EXPLORATI PROPOSED IN THE DMEA REPORT.

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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