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Mike Doyle Carnotite Deposit

Past Producer in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10017745
MRDS ID DC04177
Record type Site
Current site name Mike Doyle Carnotite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Lucky Ben Lease
Related records 10166964

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.85278, 38.68168 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 9.3 MILES S 10 W FROM COLORADO SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cheyenne Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 16S 67W 02 SE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG LITTLE FOUNTAIN CREEK 0.25 TO 0.35 MILE NW OF COLORADO HWY 115. CGS BULL. 40 AND PREVIOUS CRIB ENTRY CITE LOCATION IN SW/4, BUT GEOLOGIC DESCRIPTION (DAKOTA OR MORRISON FM) NECESSITATES LOCATION IN SE/4 ACCORDING TO GEOLOGIC MAP. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS FOR CENTER SE/4 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Sandstone Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation;Dakota Sandstone
    Rock description Morrison Formation;Dakota Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.85278, 38.68168
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Denver Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ute Pass Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N00S
    Dip 40W
    Length 30.5M
    Width 3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1955

Mining district

District name Cheyenne Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1955, 108 TONS ORE MINED AT AVERAGE GRADE OF 0.13 % U308 AND CONTAINING 277 LB U30B. V205 PRODUCTION, IF ANY, UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORIGINAL CRIB ENTRY STATED THAT ORE ENCLOSED IN MORRISON FM SHALE AND SANDSTONE WITH MUDSTONE ABOVE AND BELOW. ALTHOUGH HOST ROCKS PROBABLY STILL VALID, NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS CITE HOST FORMATION AS DAKOTA SS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Unknown Unknown
Updater 01-JUL-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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