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Damn Fool Claims

Occurrence in Custer 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094482
MRDS ID D008263
Record type Site
Current site name Damn Fool Claims
Alternate or previous names Hopeful 1-3, Macho 1-20, Crestone 1-6, Margaret Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.55891, 37.95696 (WGS84)
Elevation 3536
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 11 TO 13 MILES S 20 W FROM WESTCLIFF, Location Given For Unidentified Mine Near Broken Hand Peak

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Custer(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crestone Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blanca Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trinidad(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

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sangre de Cristo Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Custer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 024S 073W 10,11,14,15,16,17,20,21,22,23 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • OCCURRENCES THROUGHOUT AREA; LOCATION LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ARE FOR UNIDENTIFIED MINE TO SOUTHEAST OF BROKEN HAND PEAK. IT IS WITHIN GENERAL AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.13 PERCENT U308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.55891, 37.95696
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Faults Nearby; Strong Foliation In Formation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wet Mountains Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • TEST SHIPMENT OF ONE TON AVERAGED 0.13 PERCENT U308

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-81 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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