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Dickson-Snooper Mine

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013173
MRDS ID D009319
Record type Site
Current site name Dickson-Snooper Mine
Alternate or previous names Ponderosa Ore Body, Snooper-Dickson Mine
Related records 10215293

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.52919, 38.54029 (WGS84)
Elevation 2535
Relative position 9.5 MI N 65 W OF PARKDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hall Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 017S 073W 26 NE OF SW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON SAME PROPERTY AS RAINBOW-MOOSE PIT; ON NORTH SIDE OF MIDDLE TALLAHASSEE CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Autunite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation; Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay;

Analytical data

Result DISEQUILIBRIUM RATIOS ON ORE SAMPLES GENERALLY FAVOR CHEMICAL U308

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
    Rock description Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
    Rock unit name Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
    Rock description Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.52919, 38.54029
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS
    Thickness 24.38M
    Depth to top 13.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposition Controlled By Ground Water Flow Conditions And Carbonaceous Material With Associated Pyrite. Flow Was Impeded By The Fault On The Southern End Of The Echo Park Graben. Meanders May Have Helped To Localize Ore

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSITS LOCALIZED AND PRESERVED BY SLUGGISH GROUNDWATER MOVEMENT IN ARE. THOSE CONDITIONS STILL PRESENT AS EVIDENCED BY ARTESIAN PRESSURE IN WELLS AND SPRINGS ISSUING FROM ECHO PARK FORMATION AND BY A PRESENT URANIUM CONTENT OF GROUNDWATER IN AREA AS HIGH AS 900 PPB.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Discoverer Juniper Oil And Mining Company

Mining district

District name Tallahassee Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dickson, Ben

Production statistics

  • Year 1961
    Period 1956-1961
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.22% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FROM SNOOPER AND DICKSON PITS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.193HA
    Overall depth 0M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE OPEN PITS (SNOOPER, DICKSON, RAINBOW-MOOSE); DIMENSIONS ABOVE ARE FOR MAIN PIT

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY DRILLING; WAS ONE OF THE FIRST FEW DISCOVERIES IN THE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT WAS ELONGATE ALONG ITS NW AXIS. THE DIP ALONG THAT AXIS WAS HORIZONTAL, WITH A "1 TO SEVERAL" DEGREE DIP TO THE SW ALONG ITS SHORT NE AXIS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 09-JUN-2004 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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