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Shirley

Occurrence in Boulder 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. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017280
MRDS ID DC03226
Record type Site
Current site name Shirley

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.60503, 39.94999 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI W. OF NEDERLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nederland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arapaho and Roosevelt 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 Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 01S 73W 19 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.60503, 39.94999
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ASSOC. MINERALS: QTZ., PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Caribou - Grand Island & Eldora

Comments on the production information

  • ADIT: 600 FT. DRIFTS. 0.001-0.034 PERCENT URANIUM. BOULDER CO. 1871-1960, 84,400 LBS U308

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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