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Vona Mae Claims

Occurrence in Larimer county in Colorado, United States with commodities REE, Thorium
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087865
MRDS ID D010408
Record type Site
Current site name Vona Mae Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.26642, 40.70415 (WGS84)
Elevation 1878
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 13 MILES N 50 W FROM FORT COLLINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Larimer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Poudre Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Fort Collins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cache La Poudre(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 Larimer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 009N 070W 31,32 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER. ELEV AND LAT-LONG GIVEN ARE FOR COMMON QUARTER CORNER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1980)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.01% Y2O3, 0.2% THO2, 0.5% CE2O3, 0.5% LA2O3, 0.5% RB2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
    Rock description Pegmatite;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite
    Rock description Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.26642, 40.70415
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Type of structure Local
Structure description Poudre River Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Length 27.43M
    Width 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Poudre Park Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the workings information

  • 105-FT PROSPECT TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 31

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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