Bonzo No. 1 Claim

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper
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. 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 10013748
MRDS ID D010209
Record type Site
Current site name Bonzo No. 1 Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.12501, 39.47971 (WGS84)
Elevation 1722
Relative position 21.5 MILES S 17 W FROM DENVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kassler(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper South Platte(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 006S 069W 33 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • IN PLATTE CANYON 1.75 MILES SW OF KASSLER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1974)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Pitchblende Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ANALYSIS RANGED FROM 0.16 TO 11.2% U3O8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneissic Granite
    Rock description Gneissic Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Granite Gneiss And Migmatite
    Rock description Granite Gneiss And Migmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.12501, 39.47971

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Floyd Hill Fault Zone

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kassler Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS; ADIT DRIVEN GENERALLY NW

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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