| Deposit ID | 10014213 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010883 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Arrowhead Mine |
| Related records | 10239451 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -108.79178, 37.81222 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2213 |
| Relative position | 6.9 MILES N 62 E FROM DOVE CREEK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Dolores(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Secret Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Dove Creek(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Cortez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Dolores(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Dolores |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 041N | 017W | 18 | SW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Vanadium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnotite | Ore |
| Tyuyamunite | Ore |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Limonite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Model code | 204 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 30c |
| Deposit model name | Sandstone U |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation |
| Rock description | Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation |
| (1) | Morrison Fm, Summerville Fm, and Entrada Sandstone |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Paradox Basin, Paradox Fold And Fault Belt, Glade Zone Of Faults |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Dolores Anticline, Glade Graben, Sage Plain Terrace |
| General form | LENTICULAR, TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Slick Rock District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | San Juan N. F. |
| Year | 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | -1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.16% U3o8, 2.62% V2o5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010883 |
HAYNES, D.D., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS MAP I-629.
NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MINE LIES ON GENTLY SW-DIPPING FLANK OF DOLORES ANTICLINE NEAR ITS OFFSET BY N 70 W-TRENDING GLADE GRABEN. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1983 | Schwochow, Stephen D. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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