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Booster Claim No. 1

Occurrence in Las Animas 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. 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 10011619
MRDS ID D006652
Record type Site
Current site name Booster Claim No. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -103.93108, 37.34642 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 19 MILES DUE EAST OF EARL, Within 0.5 Mile East Or West

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Las Animas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Painted Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kim(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

La Junta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Purgatoire(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Las Animas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 031S 058W 17 N2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG VAN BREMER ARROYO 1 TO 1.5 MILES WEST OF PURGATOIRE RIVER. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER OF N/2 SEC. 17; ELEVATION IS TOP OF CANYON RIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite, Hematite

Analytical data

Result 0.007 MR/HR BACKGROUND
Result TO 0.7 MR/HR MEASURED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Dakota Sandstone;Purgatoire Formation
    Rock description Dakota Sandstone;Purgatoire Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sierra Grande Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Se Limb Of Ne-Trending Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pinon Canyon Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE NEAR BASE OF DAKOTA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-83 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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