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Wahketa Lease

Past Producer in Larimer 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013873
MRDS ID D010409
Record type Site
Current site name Wahketa Lease
Related records 10118182

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.1692, 40.66192 (WGS84)
Elevation 1658
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position MILES N W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laporte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 008N 069W 18 W2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ON DAKOTA HOGBACK 3 MILES NW FROM LAPORTE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR CENTER W2 W2 SEC. 18. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result PIT RUN GRAB SAMPLE RAN 0.034% EQUIV U3O8, THREE SELECT GRAB SAMPLES RAN 0.02 TO 0.11% EQUIV U3O8. RADIATION AT PITS 2 AND 3 WAS 0.06 TO 0.08 MR/HR
Result RADIATION AT PITS 1 AND 4 WAS 0.7 TO 0.12 MR/HR. ORE GRADE WAS 0.07% U3O8 AND 0.05% V2O5.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Dakota Group
    Rock description Dakota Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.1692, 40.66192
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Cheyenne Basin, Front Range Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Bellevue Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Laporte Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Elbert Norton And Victor Tamlin
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner Guy Lawrence
    Home office Laporte, Co.
    First year 1955

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR SMALL OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DAKOTA STRIKES NORTH-SOUTH, DIPS 30 WEST ON WEST LIMB OF NNW-PLUNGING ANTICLINE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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