Bell Air Claims

Prospect in Huerfano county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Silver, Copper
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10013984
MRDS ID D010567
Record type Site
Current site name Bell Air Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.01639, 37.76196 (WGS84)
Elevation 2335
Relative position 8.5 MILES S79E FROM GARDNER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huerfano(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badito Cone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Huerfano(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Huerfano

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 026S 068W 21,28,29 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ONE TO 1.5 MILES SOUTH AND SE OF BADITO CONE. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GI VEN ARE FOR PROSPECT PIT IN NW SE SEC. 29. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Analytical data

Result BASKIN'S SELECT SAMPLE FROM PIT IN SEC. 29 CONTAINED 0.005% U308, 0.03% V205, 0.2 OZ/TON AG
Result TWO CHIP SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.07% V205. CHIP SAMPLES FROM TRENCH IN NW SEC. 28 CONTAINED 0.004% U308, 0.02% V205, 0.01 TO 0.12% F. SELECT DUMP SAMPLE FROM SHAFT IN NW SEC. 28 CONTAINE ED 0.01% CU.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Pugatoire Formation
    Rock description Alaskitic Granite;Graneros Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.01639, 37.76196

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Greenhorn Anticline, Unnamed Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE PITS, TRENCH, ONE SHAFT OF UNKNOWN DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 09-MAY-2005 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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