Mary L. Group

Past Producer in Fremont 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. 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 10013180
MRDS ID D009328
Record type Site
Current site name Mary L. Group
Alternate or previous names Mary L. 1-6 Claims
Related records 10215342

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.52475, 38.58279 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 9.5 MILES N 51 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 13,14 SW OF SW OF SW OF NW (13); SE OF SE OF SE OF NE (14) Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY ADJOINS SMALLER AND JOAN MINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
  • Location based on USAEC 1955 preliminary recon. report.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Uraninite 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) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.52475, 38.58279

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys; North-South Trending Reverse Fault Places Precambrian Granite And Schist Against Tertiary Sandstones, Limiting Ore Body On East. Fault Strikes N 35-45 W, Dips 40 Ne; Numerous Small Faults And Fractures Increased Permeability Of Sediments

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR, PODS, LENTICULAR BODIES
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 231.65M
    Depth to top 8M
    Depth to bottom 24.38M

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 AREA. 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-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Tallahassee Creek

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John T. Fontecchio, E.J. Smaller
    First year 1980

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period 1955-1962
    Material Ore
    Ore mined 2179mt
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.24% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 4.33mt 0wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.149HA
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 51.82M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT, UNDERGROUND WORKINGS OFF OF PIT WALLS

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED BY GROUND RADIOMETRIC ANOMALIES-NO OUTCROP PRESENT; DRILLING OUTLINED ORE BODY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS RELATIVELY FLAT-LYING WITH LOCAL THICKENING AND THINNING. THE UNDERLYING GRANITE IS MINERALIZED BUT DOES NOT CONTAIN KNOWN ORE. PART OF THE ORE BODY DESCRIBED ABOVE MAY HAVE BEEN MINED AS THE SMALLER AND JOAN 2 MINES, WHICH ADJOIN THIS PROPERTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 14-JUN-2004 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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