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Cleta Group

Past Producer in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013406
MRDS ID D009679
Record type Site
Current site name Cleta Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -108.69708, 40.28829 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.9 MILES N 38 W OF TOWN OF SKULL CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skull Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rangely(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower White(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 004N 101W 26 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Carmel Formation
    Rock description Carmel Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -108.69708, 40.28829
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift, Uinta Basin, Yampa Plateau, Douglas Creek Arch, Piceance Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Red Wash Syncline, Willow Creek Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Skull Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • AS OF 1971, 19 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED AT A GRADE OF 0.11% U308, PRODUCING 42 LBS. OF U308 (NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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

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