Airborne Anomaly B17-118

Unknown in Moffat 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10118595
MRDS ID D009304
MAS/MILS ID 0080810040
Record type Site
Current site name Airborne Anomaly B17-118
Related records 10013161

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.86377, 40.78026 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Great Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Snake(hydrologic unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic accounting unit)

White-Yampa(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 010 N 093 W 32 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.86377, 40.78026

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Great Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2163, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: 3.5XBG 2XBG AVERAGE. ANOMALY IN ARKOSIC CONGLOMERATE ON UNCLAIMED P DOMAIN. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IS A SKETCH LOCATION MAP. THE IS COVERED BY THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, GREAT DIVIDE.

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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