Dilley Lease

Past Producer in Fremont county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10101808
MRDS ID D009631
Record type Site
Current site name Dilley Lease
Alternate or previous names Dilley Ranch
Related records 10263963

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.2264, 38.54057 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 6 MILES N 22 W OF CANON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cooper Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(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
6th Principal 017S 070W 28 NE OF NE OF SE Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coffinite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Jarosite Gangue
Limonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result RADIOACTIVITY TO AT LEAST 4 TIMES BACKGROUND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale > Black Shale
    Rock unit name Morrison Formation, Near Base Of Formation
    Rock description Morrison Formation, Near Base Of Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.2264, 38.54057

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Canon City Embayment, Southern Colorado Front Range
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Folding; Large, Nnw-Trending Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR, TABULAR, LENTICULAR
    Strike N 85 W
    Dip 12 S
    Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Coal, Carbonaceous Material; Shale Layers Confining Host Rock

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Canon City Embayment, Fourmile Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Beaton, Curmac Mining Co.
    First year 1973

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 54.86M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Colorado resources

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