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Fork Prospect

Prospect in Jefferson 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288047
MAS/MILS ID 0080590001
Record type Site
Current site name Fork Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.26448, 39.77749 (WGS84)
Elevation 2110

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ralston Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.26448, 39.77749
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N20E
    Dip 80S
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 BRECCIA FILL
    Type of Orebody #2 SHEAR ZONE
    Type of Orebody #3 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Strike And Dip N20E:80S
    Minimum Depth to Top 1
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mining district

District name Front Range

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rocky Mtn Energy
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Comments on the ownership information

  • OWNER - ROCKY MTN ENERGY A SUBSIDARY OF UNION PACIFIC R. R.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION - USGS PROP PAPER 520. ADDITION

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION IN BACKUP FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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