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Unidentified Occurrence

Occurrence in Fremont 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094573
MRDS ID D009470
Record type Site
Current site name Unidentified Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.87615, 38.48057 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES N 45 W OF HOWARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellsville(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 049N 010E 21 SW OF SW Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF ARKANSAS RIVER, JUST OVER A MILE EAST OF SWISSVALE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result 0.003 TO 0.004 % EU308, 0.002 % CU308

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal
    Rock unit name Belden Formation
    Rock description Belden Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.87615, 38.48057
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Range, Pleasant Valley Graben
Type of structure Local
Structure description Ne-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Dip 35 N (NE?)
    Thickness 0.51M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Possibly Paleochannels Of Oligocene And Miocene Age (Howard Paleovalley?)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wellsville Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Collins, Donna B. 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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