| Deposit ID | 10101841 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D010224 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mountain Goat |
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.63449, 39.99526 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 3078 |
| Relative position | 20.4 MILES S 87 W FROM BOULDER, Unsurveyed Area, Unsurveyed Area |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Boulder(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
East Portal(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)
South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)
South Platte(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Colorado | Boulder |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 001S | 074W | 02 | NW OF NW | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Hematite | Gangue |
| Result | BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.02 MR/HR, RANGE 0.02 TO 1.0 MR/HR. SAMPLE ASSAYED 0.01 TO 0.2 % EQUIV U3O8. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| Rock unit name | Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Monzonite |
| Rock description | Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Monzonite |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite |
| Rock unit name | Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Idaho Springs Formation-Migmatite |
| Rock description | Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Idaho Springs Formation-Migmatite |
| (1) | Biotitic gneiss, schist, and migmatite |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Front Range Uplift, Boulder Creek Batholith |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Caribou Stock, Eldora-Bryan Mtn Stock |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Caribou District |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D010224 |
LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 197-202, PL. 2.
MOORE, F.B., AND OTHERS, 1957, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CARIBOU AREA, BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1030-N
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | RADIOACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH COARSE-GRAINED BIOTITE IN PEGMATITE AND ALONG JOINTS AND FRACTURES IN GNEISS AND PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH PROMINENT FAULT TRENDING N 60 W. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-83 | Banke, Carl M. | Colorado Geological Survey |
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