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Mud Claims

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094651
MRDS ID D010525
Record type Site
Current site name Mud Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.6867, 39.07861 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 7.0 MILES N56E OF HARTSEL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bailey(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Platte Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 011S 074W 20 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATIONS GIVEN FOR CENTER OF SECTION; PROSPECT EAST OF ELKHORN RO AD, NEAR (SOUTH OF?) MUD SPRINGS GULCH, ON NE SIDE OF WOODED RIDGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Rock unit name Antero Formation
    Rock description Antero Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.6867, 39.07861
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description South Park Basin
Type of structure Local
Structure description Elkhorn Thrust Fault, Ne- And Nw-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 13.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Carbonaceous Material, Faults, Fault Intersections

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958

Mining district

District name Chase Gulch Area, South Park

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOA CTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 4 0, P. 368.

  • Deposit

    BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W., WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1 :250,000

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY DRILLED OUT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1983 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

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