Kaminski Prospect

Occurrence in Douglas 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013838
MRDS ID D010363
Record type Site
Current site name Kaminski Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.07613, 39.42778 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 12.5 MILES N 74 DEG W FROM CASTLE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kassler(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007S 069W 23 E2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • DIRECTLY WEST OF ROXBOROUGH STATE PARK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Euxenite Ore

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIATION-0.05 TO 0.07 MR/HR
Result RANGE OF RADIOACTIVITY-0.07 TO 2 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Biotite-Muscovite Granite;Gneissic Granite
    Rock description Biotite-Muscovite Granite;Gneissic Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Granite Gneiss And Migmatite
    Rock description Granite Gneiss And Migmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.07613, 39.42778

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Perry Park-Jarre Canyon Fault

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kassler Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION FOUND IN SEAMS AND PODS IN PEGMATITE CUTTING EITHER SCHIST OR GNEISS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Banke, Carl M. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.