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Sisk

Producer in Boulder 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10108178
MRDS ID DC02712
Record type Site
Current site name Sisk
Related records 10263047

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.31198, 40.25554 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MI. NW OF LYONS AND 1/4 MI. N. OF STATE HWY. 66

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pinewood Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Estes Park(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Greeley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Vrain(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Boulder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 03N 71W 02 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.31198, 40.25554
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THIN SEAMS OF PITCHBLENDE OCCUR IN SUBSIDIARY FRACTURES ON THE FOOTWALL OR NE SIDE OF A NW STRIKING SHEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF U WAS PRODUCED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DMEA RECORDS

  • Deposit

    SIMS & SHERIDAN, 1964, USGS BULL. 1159.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 10,62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1973 Conservation Division Files U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey

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

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