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Beginner's Luck Claim

Past Producer in Saguache county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101765
MRDS ID D008879
Record type Site
Current site name Beginner's Luck Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: -105.76058, 38.1064 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 13.5 MILES S47E FROM VILLA GROVE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mirage(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Luis(hydrologic unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Rio Grande Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Rio Grande(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rio Grande National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 045N 011E 33 Colorado

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG WILD CHERRY CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Autunite Ore

Analytical data

Result BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.04 MR/HR, RANGE TO 1.3 MR/HR, ORE GRADE 0.15% U308, 0.09% V205

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Harding Quartzite
    Rock description Harding Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) -105.76058, 38.1064
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name localllized in thrust fault along east flank of Sangre de Cristo Range
Structure description Sangre De Cristo Fault, Gibson Peak Syncline
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift

Controls for ore emplacement

  • fractures associated with thrust fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1955, NINE TONS ORE MINED AT 0.15% U308, 0.09% V205, YIELDING 26 LB U308 AND 16 LB V205

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RAIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL, 40, P. 388

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN DISCONTINUOUS FRACTURES 1 TO 5 FT LONG, SEVERAL INCHES THICK, TRENDING N 41 W, 56 SW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Schwochow, Stephen D. Colorado Geological Survey
Updater 10-JUN-2005 Keller, John W. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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