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Navajo Claims

Occurrence in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087765
MRDS ID D009467
Record type Site
Current site name Navajo Claims
Alternate or previous names Big Emma

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.55808, 38.40279 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7.3 MILES N72E OF COTOPAXI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Echo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 019S 073W 17 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; 2 MILES SE OF TEXAS CREEK (TOWN) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAGNETITE HERE SHOWS ANOMALOUS RADIOACTIVITY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Rock description Granodiorite Of Boulder Creek Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.55808, 38.40279
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults Connecting Texas Creek Fault And Echo Park Graben Boundary Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatites, Fault Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Texas Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado 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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