Burgess Claim

Occurrence in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Iron, Manganese

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Geologic structures
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10013254
MRDS ID	D009448
Record type	Site
Current site name	Burgess Claim
Alternate or previous names	Diamond J Ranch Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-104.76028, 38.99444 (WGS84)
Elevation	2143
Relative position	12.8 MILES N 15 E FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pikeview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Colorado	El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
6th Principal	012S	066W	22	E2 OF NE	Colorado

Comments on the location information

ON LOW HILLTOP SOUTH OF UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF KETTLE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Uranium	Primary
Iron	Tertiary
Manganese Critical	Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

ANALYSES SHOW TRACES OF CU, ZN, PB, NI, CO, SB, AS, AND MO BUT NOT IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES TO WARRANT THEIR INCLUSION AS OCCURRENCES. VALUES WERE STUDIED TO HELP DETERMINE ORIGIN AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF URANIUM

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Limonite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Fe And Mn Oxides

Analytical data

Result	NINE 1-FT CHANNEL SAMPLES OF SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE GAVE RANGE OF 60 TO 230 PPM EQUIV. U (50 TO 130 PPM U) WITH AVERAGE 133 PPM EQUIV. U (81 PPM U), 60 TO 150 PPM ZN, LT 10 TO 50 PPM PB, LT 10 TO 50 PPM CU, LT 10 PPM NI, LT 10 PPM CO, UP TO 1 PPM SB, LT 10 TO 60 PPM AS, 1 TO 6 PPM MO, 1000 TO 25000 PPM MN, 48000 TO 190000 PPM FE. TWO GRAB SAMPLES OF ARKOSE GAVE 130 AND 300 PPM EQUIV. U (50 AND 180 PPM U), 100 AND 300 PPM ZN, LT 10 PPM PB, 20 PPM CU, LT 10 PPM NI, LT 10 PPM CO, UP TO 1 PPM SB, 20 AND 80 PPM AS, 1 AND 6 PPM MO, 1500 AND 7500 PPM MN, 190000 AND 230000 PPM FE. TWO RANDOM CHIP SAMPLES OF SANDSTONE AND ARKOSE GAVE 300 AND 1300 PPM EQUIV. U (60 AND 140 PPM U), 120 AND 180 PPM ZN, LT 10 PPM PB, LT 10 PPM CU, LT 10 TO 15 PPM NI, LT 10 PPM CO, UP TO 1 PPM SB, LT 10 TO 30 PPM AS, LT 1 TO 3 PPM MO, 2000 AND 10000 PPM MN, 105000 AND 190000 PPM FE.

Result

NINE 1-FT CHANNEL SAMPLES OF SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE GAVE RANGE OF 60 TO 230 PPM EQUIV. U (50 TO 130 PPM U) WITH AVERAGE 133 PPM EQUIV. U (81 PPM U), 60 TO 150 PPM ZN, LT 10 TO 50 PPM PB, LT 10 TO 50 PPM CU, LT 10 PPM NI, LT 10 PPM CO, UP TO 1 PPM SB, LT 10 TO 60 PPM AS, 1 TO 6 PPM MO, 1000 TO 25000 PPM MN, 48000 TO 190000 PPM FE. TWO GRAB SAMPLES OF ARKOSE GAVE 130 AND 300 PPM EQUIV. U (50 AND 180 PPM U), 100 AND 300 PPM ZN, LT 10 PPM PB, 20 PPM CU, LT 10 PPM NI, LT 10 PPM CO, UP TO 1 PPM SB, 20 AND 80 PPM AS, 1 AND 6 PPM MO, 1500 AND 7500 PPM MN, 190000 AND 230000 PPM FE. TWO RANDOM CHIP SAMPLES OF SANDSTONE AND ARKOSE GAVE 300 AND 1300 PPM EQUIV. U (60 AND 140 PPM U), 120 AND 180 PPM ZN, LT 10 PPM PB, LT 10 PPM CU, LT 10 TO 15 PPM NI, LT 10 PPM CO, UP TO 1 PPM SB, LT 10 TO 30 PPM AS, LT 1 TO 3 PPM MO, 2000 AND 10000 PPM MN, 105000 AND 190000 PPM FE.

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Rock unit name

Dawson Formation

Rock description

Dawson Formation

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Paleocene
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Paleocene

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-104.76028, 38.99444	ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure	Regional
Structure description	Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Rampart Range Uplift
Type of structure	Local
Structure description	Denver Basin

Ore body information

General form IRREGULAR

Thickness 3.05M

Length 45.72M

Width 7.62M

General form	IRREGULAR
Thickness	3.05M
Length	45.72M
Width	7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1951
Discoverer	H. E. Burgess

Mining district

District name	Colorado Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D009448

Bibliographic references

Deposit

NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 141.
Deposit

LOVERING, T.G., AND BERONI, E.P., 1959, PRELIMINARY STUDY OF RADIOACTIVE LIMONITE IN COLORADO, UTAH, AND WYOMING: USGS BULL. 1046-N, P. 353-356
Deposit

TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE BEDS OF DAWSON FM TREND APPROX N 43 W, DIPPING SLIGHTLY TO 5 DEG NE. MINERALIZED BODY IS IRREGULAR IN FORM WITH NW TREND AND SMALL LOCAL ROLLS PLUNGING 4 TO 12 DEG IN VARIABLE DIRECTIONS, MOSTLY SE. ANALYSES OF VERTICAL AND LOGITUDINAL SAMPLES SUGGEST DEPOSIT FORMATION BY (1) EARLY INTRODUCTION OF FE-MN OXIDES CONTAINING SMALL AMOUNTS OF CU, ZN, AS, AND MO DEPOSITED BY ALKALINE SOLUTIONS, (2) LATER DEPOSITION OF URANIUM AND POSSIBLY SILICA ALONG SMALL FRACTURES AT SAME TIME OTHER ELEMENTS WERE LEACHED. LOW URANIUM CONTENT WITH RESPECT TO EQUIV. URANIUM SUGGESTS URANIUM LEACHING AND RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT IN ITS DAUGHTER PRODUCTS BY GROUND-WATER ACTION

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE BEDS OF DAWSON FM TREND APPROX N 43 W, DIPPING SLIGHTLY TO 5 DEG NE. MINERALIZED BODY IS IRREGULAR IN FORM WITH NW TREND AND SMALL LOCAL ROLLS PLUNGING 4 TO 12 DEG IN VARIABLE DIRECTIONS, MOSTLY SE. ANALYSES OF VERTICAL AND LOGITUDINAL SAMPLES SUGGEST DEPOSIT FORMATION BY (1) EARLY INTRODUCTION OF FE-MN OXIDES CONTAINING SMALL AMOUNTS OF CU, ZN, AS, AND MO DEPOSITED BY ALKALINE SOLUTIONS, (2) LATER DEPOSITION OF URANIUM AND POSSIBLY SILICA ALONG SMALL FRACTURES AT SAME TIME OTHER ELEMENTS WERE LEACHED. LOW URANIUM CONTENT WITH RESPECT TO EQUIV. URANIUM SUGGESTS URANIUM LEACHING AND RESIDUAL ENRICHMENT IN ITS DAUGHTER PRODUCTS BY GROUND-WATER ACTION

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUL-1982	Schwochow, Stephen D.	Colorado Geological Survey

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