| Deposit ID | 10087768 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D009474 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Unidentified Occurrence |
| Related records | 10239546 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.2839, 38.40834 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1829 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | 3 MILES S 55 W OF CANON CITY |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Fremont(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Royal Gorge(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Fremont |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 019S | 071W | 12 | N2 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Feldspar | Primary |
| Mica | Secondary |
| Quartz | Secondary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Microcline | Ore |
| Muscovite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Result | RADIOACTIVITY TO 3 TIMES BACKGROUND |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Pegmatite Dikes | ||||||||
| Rock description | Pegmatite Dikes | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite |
| Rock unit name | Migmatitic Gneiss (Idaho Springs Formation) |
| Rock description | Migmatitic Gneiss (Idaho Springs Formation) |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -105.2839, 38.40834 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Southern Colorado Front Range, Canon City Embayment, Royal Gorge "Anticline" |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Ene-Trending Faults |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Grape Creek Area |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D009474 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080430054 |
TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | URANIUM IN FRACTURES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1982 | Collins, Donna B. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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