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Sheep Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Thorium, REE
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013872
MRDS ID D010407
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.73367, 40.94997 (WGS84)
Elevation 2652
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 32 MILES N 62 E FROM WALDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eaton Reservoir(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 011N 074W 06 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON BOULDER RIDGE NE OF EATON RESERVOIR. NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS ALSO GIVE LOCATION IN SEC. 14, T11N, R75W (SAND CREEK PASS QUAD). ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER SEC. 06. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Thorium Primary
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Sphene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sherman Granite
    Rock description Sherman Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sherman Granite
    Rock description Sherman Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.73367, 40.94997
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Sherman Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Boulder Ridge Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PROSPECTS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION FOUND IN PEGMATITIC SEGREGATIONS OF MICROCLINE-HORNBLENDE GRANITE IN SHERMAN GRANITE, CONDERED TO HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED ALONG DECOMPRESSION SHEETING IN GRANITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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