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Lucky Strike Claims

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Silver, Gold
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013861
MRDS ID D010391
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Strike Claims
Related records 10142034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.802, 40.67165 (WGS84)
Elevation 2451
Relative position 25.5 MILES N 37 W FROM ESTES PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boston Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008N 075W 10 SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF HWY 14 AND CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER ONE MILE WSW FROM SPENCER HEIGHTS. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT PORTAL IN SW SW 10. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Secondary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES REPORTEDLY CONTAINED 0.76% U
Result USGS SAMPLES CONTAINED TRACE AU AND 0.2 TO 0.4 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Granitic Gneiss;Pegmatite
    Rock description Granitic Gneiss;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.802, 40.67165
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Rawah Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults And Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Ira L. Scott And Solomon Schlagel (Claimants)

Mining district

District name Spencer Heights-Poudre Falls Area; Chambers Lake

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 3.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 13-FT-LONG ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. (Hasler, J. William) Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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