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Doc Armor Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013410
MRDS ID D009684
Record type Site
Current site name Doc Armor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -107.60899, 40.6083 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7.1 MILES N 28 W OF CRAIG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yampa(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 008N 091W 33 S2 OF N2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Tyuyamunite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wasatch Formation
    Rock description Wasatch Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -107.60899, 40.6083
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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, 784 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN MINED AT GRADES OF 0.13% U308 AND 0.01% V205, PRODUCING 2016 LBS OF U308 AND 131 LBS OF V205 (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

Beyond USGS

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

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