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Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011624
MRDS ID D006660
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -102.938, 38.07697 (WGS84)
Elevation 1164
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.2 MILE N35W FROM CADDOA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bent(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hasty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lamar(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lamar(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas-John Martin Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Bent

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 023S 049W 05 NW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR NORTH END OF JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR DAM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 0.008 MR/HR BACKGROUND
Result 0.032 MR/HR MEASURED

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Dakota Sandstone and Purgatoire Fm
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Las Animas Arch

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Caddoa Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION IN SANDSTONE CONTAINING 3-IN.- TO 2-FT-THICK CARBONACEOUS SHALE LENS.

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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