| Deposit ID | 10165740 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D002198 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0080130039 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fair Day Mine |
| Related records | 10009300 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -105.42399, 40.11748 (WGS84) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Boulder(county)
Colorado(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Hill(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)
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 | 002 N | 072 W | 23 | Colorado |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Vanadium Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Autunite | Unknown |
| Biotite | Unknown |
| Galena | Unknown |
| Gold | Unknown |
| Graphite | Unknown |
| Hornblende | Unknown |
| Manganite | Unknown |
| Marcasite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Silver | Unknown |
| Torbernite | Unknown |
| Uraninite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -105.42399, 40.11748 |
|---|
| Depth to top | 68.6M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| District name | Jamestown Area |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Owner | Busby, R. L. |
| Home office | Colorado |
| Year | 1975 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0080130039 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D002198 | MAS references MRDS |
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4721, DATED 1958. T A REVIEW REPORT OF WORK DONE UNDER DMEA CONTRACT. THE CLAIMS THE S 1/2 S 1/2 NE 1/4 AND THE SE 1/4 SEC. 23, T. 2 N., R. 7 6TH P.M. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA REPORT ARE LOCATION, CLAIM AND LOGIC MAPS. THE MINE WAS AN EARLY GOLD AND FLUORSPAR PRODUCE THE TIME OF THE REPORT, URANIUM PRODUCTION CONSISTED OF ABOU TONS OF .6% U308 ORE. INFERRED RESERVES WERE 4000 TONS OF .7 ORE DEPOSITS ARE LOCALIZED WHERE SHEAR ZONES TRANSECT XENOLI LIKE BODIES OF GNEISS AND SCHIST IN THE GRANITE COUNTRY ROCK RESULT OF DMEA EXPLORATION, THE DMEA REPORT CONCLUDED THAT E TION HAD NOT RESULTED IN THE DISCOVERY OF SIGNIFICANT URANIU POSITS AND CONCLUDED FURTHER EXPLORATION ASSISTANCE BE DENIE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Minecom | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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