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Arrowhead #1

Unknown in Eagle county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10190698
MRDS ID DC04450
MAS/MILS ID 0080370004
Record type Site
Current site name Arrowhead #1
Related records 10017879

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -106.52872, 39.70578 (WGS84)
Elevation 3109
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Eagle(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Edwards(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vail(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Leadville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eagle(hydrologic unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Colorado Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

White River National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Eagle

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock type qualifier Conglomerate sandstone
    Rock unit name Shinarump Member of the Chinle Formation

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -106.52872, 39.70578
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • carbon trash

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1955
Year of last production 1955

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material 3 tons at 0.22% U305, and 0.15% V205, produced 13 lbs U308 and 9 lbs V205
    Ore mined 2.72mt

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS OCT 1976 FILE

  • Production

    Production Records,1966, Colorado. U.S.A.E.C.

  • General

    U.S.G.S. 1977, CRIB File

  • Deposit

    MAP REPO #406004

  • General

    Nelson-Moore, J.L., Collins, D.B., and Hornbaker, A.L., 1978, Radioactive mineral occurrences of Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1054 p.

  • Deposit

    Kuehnel, F.W., 1956, Preliminary Reconnaissance Reports, Eagle County, Colorado

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-NOV-1983 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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