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Mocking Bird Claim

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium, Radium, Cadmium, Tantalum
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012926
MRDS ID D008947
Record type Site
Current site name Mocking Bird Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.85392, 38.26612 (WGS84)
Elevation 2774
Relative position 5.1 MILES N 72 E FROM VILLA GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coaldale(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 046N 010E 03 NE OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG SOUTH PINEY CREEK AT BASE OF MOUNTAIN RANGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Tertiary
Radium Tertiary
Cadmium Tertiary
Tantalum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Euxenite Ore
Monazite Ore
Xenotime Ore
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.04 MR/HR BACKGROUND RADIATION, RANGE 0.4 TO 4.0 MR/HR. SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.366% EQUIV. U308, 0.271% U308, 0.68% CB, OTHER SAMPLES RANGED 0.015 TO 0.032% EQUIV. U, 0.006 TO 0.20% U, 0.031% TH, WITH MINOR RA

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 32
USGS model code 13
Deposit model name Pegmatites

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mesoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss
    Rock description Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.85392, 38.26612
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Hayden Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1954, 6 TONS OF 0.2% U308 ORE MINED AND YIELDED 24 LB U308.

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL DEVELOPMENT CUTS AND PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

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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