Dorothy O Claim

Unknown in El Paso county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10166575
MRDS ID D004877
MAS/MILS ID 0080410004
Record type Site
Current site name Dorothy O Claim
Related records 10010857

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.91416, 38.75861 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Paso(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manitou Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fountain(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Pike and San Isabel National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado El Paso

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 015 S 067 W 08 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Tourmaline Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.91416, 38.75861

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 75S
    Thickness 4.4M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Strike And Dip N45E:75S
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Peters Dome

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Reed Jr., B. F.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MAS OCT 1976 FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-1784, DATED 1954. RADIOMETRIC ANOMALY: XBG. THE DEPOSITS OCCUR AS SMALL PODS OF ORE LOCATED SPORA IN PEGMATITE DIKES. THE CLAIMS WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY B.F. JR., 827 E&C BLDG., DENVER, CO. THE AREA IS COVERED ON THE U 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, MANITOU SPRINGS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.