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Dave Welsh Claim

Occurrence in Las Animas 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094401
MRDS ID D006693
Record type Site
Current site name Dave Welsh Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -104.26359, 37.24809 (WGS84)
Elevation 1696
Relative position 7 MILES N70E FROM TRINIDAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Las Animas(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mooney Hills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Purgatoire(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Las Animas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 032S 061W 20 NW OF NW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • PROBABLE LOCATION OF PROSPECT TRENCH WITHIN SECTION DETERMINED FROM AMS AIRPHOTOS (1953). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1975)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.05 MR/HR BACKGROUND
Result TO 0.42 MR/HR MEASURED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Pierre Shale
    Rock description Pierre Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -104.26359, 37.24809
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Raton Basin Trough, Sierra Grande Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Model Anticline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Trinidad Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 16.76M
    Overall depth 1.52M
    Overall length 16.76M
    Overall width 0.61M

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PIT DUG ON EDGE OF PROSPECT TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH GYPSUM-LIMONITE ZONE IN SHALE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-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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Authoritative Colorado resources

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