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Belle Lode and Freeman Group

Occurrence in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013028
MRDS ID D009097
Record type Site
Current site name Belle Lode and Freeman Group
Alternate or previous names Balls Lode
Related records 10143482, 10240292

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.75701, 38.39306 (WGS84)
Elevation 2591
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES S41E FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048N 002E 28 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • EAST OF COCHETOPA CREEK. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS CENTER SEC. 28 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Barite Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.02 MR/HR
Result MAXIMUM FROM SELECTED GRAB SAMPLE OF 2 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
    Rock unit name Early Intermediate-Composition Flows And Breccias
    Rock description Early Intermediate-Composition Flows And Breccias
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Metasedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Metasedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.75701, 38.39306
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicification, Fracturing, Brecciation Of Sedimentary Rocks Along Los Ochos And Related Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • DISTRICT MINED PREVIOUSLY FOR AU AND BASE METALS. GUNNISON MINING CO. DISCOVERED URANIUM IN 1954 ALONG LOS OCHOS FAULT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH N35E-TRENDING FAULT ZONE BRANCHING NE FROM LOS OCHOS FAULT. ALTHOUGH REC REPORTS CITES COUNTRY ROCK AS PRECAMBRIAN GRANITE INTRUDED BY TERTIARY QUARTZ LATITE DIKES, OLSON'S MAP SHOWS ONLY METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Reporter information

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

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