Muley Gulch Prospect

Occurrence in Park 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013952
MRDS ID D010526
Record type Site
Current site name Muley Gulch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.73753, 39.09806 (WGS84)
Elevation 2890
Relative position 6.1 MILES N31E OF HARTSEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011S 075W 11,12,14 NE (14) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • 4 PITS ALONG ROAD GOING UP NORTHERN TRIBUTARY TO MULEY GULCH, WEST OF ELKHORN ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.28% U308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Quartz Monzonite And Granodiorite
    Rock description Migmatitic Quartz Monzonite And Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Antero Formation;South Park Formation, Boulder Conglomerate
    Rock description Antero Formation;South Park Formation, Boulder Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.73753, 39.09806

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Park Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Elkhorn Thrust Fault; Ne- And Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES, PODS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures, Faults, Fault Intersections

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Chase Gulch Area, South Park

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 PITS IN SECTION 14 DUG IN 1950'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOA CTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 4 0, P. 368.

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W., WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1 :250,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1950'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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