Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

Occurrence in Park 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10013797
MRDS ID D010291
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.54058, 39.03667 (WGS84)
Elevation 2792
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.7 MILES S 59 W OF BADGER MOUNTAIN SUMMIT, Locations For Pits At End Of Road

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Glentivar(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 012S 073W 02,03 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • SEVERAL PITS IN NE/4 OF 03; POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH KATYDID MINE; SW OF BADGER MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pikes Peak Granite, Pegmatite;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Pikes Peak Granite, Pegmatite;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.54058, 39.03667

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pulver Gulch Fault, Round Mountain Syncline, Elkhorn Thrust; Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults, Fissures, Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wilkerson Pass Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-83 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.