Redskin Mines

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013950
MRDS ID D010523
Record type Site
Current site name Redskin Mines
Alternate or previous names Shawnee No. 1, Redskin 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3 Claims
Related records 10191022

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.53809, 39.41443 (WGS84)
Elevation 2515
Relative position 1.1 MILE S70E OF SHAWNEE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shawnee(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 Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007S 073W 27 N2 OF N2 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG MCARTHUR GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite And Granodiorite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite And Granodiorite
    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 Idaho Springs Formation, Biotite Gneiss
    Rock description Idaho Springs Formation, Biotite Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.53809, 39.41443

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range, Platte River Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone, Nw-Trending Faults

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone 1.5 Ft Wide

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1963
Year of first production 1963
Year of last production 1963

Mining district

District name Shawnee Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Description Ap_Grade: ^0.15% U308
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOA CTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 4 0, P. 369

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W., WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1 :250,000.

  • Production

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L., 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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