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Major C. and Little Colonial

Unknown in Clear Creek county in Colorado, United States with commodities Gold, Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166074
MAS/MILS ID 0080190056
Record type Site
Current site name Major C. and Little Colonial

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -105.58503, 39.76777 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clear Creek(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Central City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Denver West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Denver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clear(hydrologic unit)

South Platte(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Platte(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Clear Creek

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 003 S 073 W 20 SESW Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -105.58503, 39.76777
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.6M
    Width 0.6M
    Field Value
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 790503

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dumont

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mrs. Orleita Moore, Denver, Colo.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DATA FROM PRR-1620, EXAMINED IN 1952

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASSAY VALUES OF .001 TO .014 % U.RADIOACTIVITY IS 3-4 X BACK THE 7-1/2 MINUTE USGS MAP FOR THE AREA IS CENTRAL CITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 15-JUN-0007 Melton, Greg U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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