Fox Hills Outcrop

Occurrence in Boulder county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117506
MRDS ID D010222
MAS/MILS ID 0080130040
Record type Site
Current site name Fox Hills Outcrop
Related records 10013759

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.32419, 40.04139 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boulder(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boulder(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 001 N 071 W 15 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.32419, 40.04139

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Marshall Lake District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR 1490 10/1953 REPORT ON FOX HILLS TRAV ROCKY FLATS ROAD. READINS UP TO 5XBG WERE REPORTED ALONG FO CONTACTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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