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Shurshot Claims

Occurrence in Saguache 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094529
MRDS ID D009087
Record type Site
Current site name Shurshot Claims
Related records 10288962

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -106.81562, 38.36167 (WGS84)
Elevation 2780
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 15 MILES S23E FROM GUNNISON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawtooth Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047N 001E 01 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE BEAD CREEK OR UNNAMED TRIBUTARY. LOCATION IN SECTION UNKNOWN BUT ASSUMED TO BE PROSPECTS IN NE OF SW ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyodacite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Latite
    Rock unit name Early Intermediate-Composition Flows And Breccias;Cochetopa Creek, Nelson Mountain, Fish Canyon, And Sapinero Mesa Tuffs
    Rock description Early Intermediate-Composition Flows And Breccias;Cochetopa Creek, Nelson Mountain, Fish Canyon, And Sapinero Mesa Tuffs
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Junction Creek Sandstone;Metasedimentary Rocks
    Rock description Junction Creek Sandstone;Metasedimentary Rocks

Nearby scientific data

(1) -106.81562, 38.36167
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Silicification, Fracturing, Brecciation Of Sedimentary Rocks Along Los Ochos And Related Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cochetopa (Cochetopa Creek) District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • DISTRICT MINED PREVIOUSLY FOR AU AND BASE METALS. GUNNISON MINING CO. DISCOVERED URANIUM IN 1954 ALONG LOS OCHOS FAULT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT PROBABLY LOCATED ON LOS OCHOS FAULT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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