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Sand Creek Deposit

Occurrence in Weld 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087756
MRDS ID D009074
Record type Site
Current site name Sand Creek Deposit
Alternate or previous names Sand Creek Uranium Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.4764, 40.7322 (WGS84)
Elevation 1594
Relative position 3 MILES N67E OF KEOTA; 6.5 MILES N20W OF BUCKINGHAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weld(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baker Draw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eaton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crow(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Weld

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009N 063W 19,20,29 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NE OF HYLAND PIT WHERE URANIUM FIRST DISCOVERED IN COUNTY; LATITUDE, LONGITUDE GIVEN FOR CENTER, SECTION 19 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Alteration Present But Not Detectable In The Field By Usual Color Changes; Oxidized

Analytical data

Result CORE SAMPLES UP TO 0.41% U308, AVERAGGING 0.21% U308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Sand Creek Sandstone Member Of The Laramie Formation;White River Formation; Tuffaceous Beds Possibly Source Of Uranium
    Rock description Sand Creek Sandstone Member Of The Laramie Formation;White River Formation; Tuffaceous Beds Possibly Source Of Uranium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.4764, 40.7322
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cheyenne Basin

Ore body information

  • General form ROLL FRONT
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposits Along Interface Between Altered/Unaltered Sand. Alteration In Cuttings Difficult To Detect By Usual Color Changes So Exploration Was Guided By Radiometric Log Interpretation. Uranium Concentrated In Areas Of Rapid Sand Thinning Or At Constriction In Thickest Portion Of Channel Sands. Usually Where Sands Are 25 To 125 Ft Thick.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1971
Discoverer Joint Venture Of Getty Oil Company, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Trend Exploration Limited, During Initial Wide-Spaced Drilling Program

Mining district

District name Grover/Keota Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Power Resources Corp.
    Home office Denver, Co.
    First year 1978

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Total resources 69000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.05 wt-pct Uranium Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • READE, 1978

Comments on the workings information

  • DRILLING TO DELINEATE ORE BODY

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED DURING INITIAL, WIDE-SPACED DRILLING PROGRAM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZED SOLUTION FRONT IS ORIENTED EAST-WEST WITH INTERIOR ZONE ON THE SOUTH AND PROTORE ZONE TO THE NORTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

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