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Appel Lease

Producer in Jefferson county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10016137
MRDS ID DC00449
Record type Site
Current site name Appel Lease

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.26725, 39.71888 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Evergreen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 04S 70W 07 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.26725, 39.71888
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • JEFF CO. TO 1960: 1,301,000 LBS U3O8

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LOW GRADE DEPOSIT COULD BE LARGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PP 223, LOVERING & GODDARD

  • Deposit

    AEC-PRR-DAO-P-3-1870, GREENE & SCHLOTTMAN, 11/27/56

  • Deposit

    SIMMS & SHERIDAN, 1964, USGS BULL. 1159

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1972 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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