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Texas Creek Prospect

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097850
MRDS ID D009468
Record type Site
Current site name Texas Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -105.60475, 38.44973 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position at shaft, 3.4 MILES N30W OF TEXAS CREEK (TOWN)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Echo(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 012E 34 CENTER OF E2 OF NE Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE HEADWATERS OF TEXAS CREEK, SE OF TABLE MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Fluorite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Highly Weathered

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY TO 40 TIMES BACKGROUND
Result 0.032 TO 0.10 % EU308, 0.05 % TH

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 174
USGS model code 26b
Deposit model name Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatites, Possibly Related To Quartz Monzonite Of Silver Plume Age
    Rock description Pegmatites, Possibly Related To Quartz Monzonite Of Silver Plume Age
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Paleoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Migmatitic Gneiss
    Rock description Migmatitic Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -105.60475, 38.44973
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wet Mountains
Type of structure Local
Structure description Texas Creek Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins And Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Texas Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS OF FLUORITE ORE WERE PRODUCED. ALL RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH FLUORITE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT ON EAST SIDE OF WASH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Collins, Donna B. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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