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Folbre #2 Claim

Occurrence in El Paso 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010861
MRDS ID D004885
Record type Site
Current site name Folbre #2 Claim
Related records 10118025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.87667, 38.56862 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 12.8 MILES N 40 E FROM PENROSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Pittsburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(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)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 17S 67W 15 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON TIMBER MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.04 MR/HR
Result MAX. 0.20 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.87667, 38.56862
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Canon City Embayment
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Creek (Turkey Creek) Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N14W
    Dip 11N
    Thickness 0.3M
    Width 1.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Lithology Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Turkey Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gene Cook
    First year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1980 Foord, Suzann C U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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