Bill and Bud 2 and 4

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Thorium
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087766
MRDS ID D009469
Record type Site
Current site name Bill and Bud 2 and 4
Alternate or previous names Lgo Lode Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.74002, 38.36918 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.0 MILES DUE WEST OF COTOPAXI

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotopaxi(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
New Mexico 048N 011E 34 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED; NEAR PLEASANTON ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary
Thorium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Xenotime Ore

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.74002, 38.36918

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Pleasant Valley Thrust Fault, Wet Mountain Valley Graben

Ore body information

  • Strike N16W
    Dip N80E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cottonwood Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1960
    Period 1955-1960
    Material U ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.09 % U308, 0.07 % V205
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    V2O5 Ore Vanadium Vanadium 0wt-pct
    U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL OPEN CUT

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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