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Fairday

Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10018058
MRDS ID DC04759
Record type Site
Current site name Fairday
Related records 10166071

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -105.4768, 40.12245 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no geographic coordinates; these coordinates were derived from the PLSS description provided.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gold Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(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 02N 72W 20,23 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Centroid (1) -105.4768, 40.12245
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: WALLROCK: GRAPHITIC BIOTITE GNEISS. URANIUM MINERALS: URANINITE, COFFINITE. ASSOC. MIN.: PYRITE, QTZ., GALENA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jamestown

Production statistics

  • Year 1963
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.92 % U
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Uranium Uranium 1wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 CONTAINS ITEM 9.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST PRODUCTIVE MINE IN COUNTRY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-73 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-74 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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