Airborne Anomaly B17-125

Occurrence in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10013169
MRDS ID D009314
Record type Site
Current site name Airborne Anomaly B17-125
Related records 10215583

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.80011, 40.89052 (WGS84)
Elevation 2057
Relative position 7.7 MILES N 16 E FROM TOWN OF GREAT DIVIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thornburgh Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Snake(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011N 093W 26 NW OF NW NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1000 FT NW OF MOFFAT COUNTY ROAD 9, ON RIDGECAP BETWEEN SCANDINAVIAN AND DRY GULCHES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tyuyamunite Ore

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY-0.015 MR/HR
Result RANGE OF RADIOACTIVITY -0.045 TO 0.06 MR/HR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.80011, 40.89052

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Washakie Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Washakie Basin

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Organic Material Or Other Reductants

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Great Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Banke, Carl M. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.