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Farnsworth Uranium Deposit

Past Producer in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodities 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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10191294
MAS/MILS ID 0080810057
Record type Site
Current site name Farnsworth Uranium Deposit
Alternate or previous names E Hen, Pal, and Grey Hound Leases, Housel Gold Placer Mine, Friend Ship, Pardner, Magpie, Sag

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.72567, 40.76466 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East Timberlake Creek(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 009 N 092 W 09 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Unknown
Gold Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Monazite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.72567, 40.76466
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 1405, DATED 1951. A TIME OF THE REPORT, THERE HAD BEEN NO URANIUM PRODUCTION FRO CLAIMS WHICH WERE THEN CONTROLLED BY A.J. FARNSWORTH, COLO. CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 4 AND 9, T. 9 N., R. 92 W., AND ARE ON T 1/2 MINUTE MAP, EAST TIMBERLAKE CREEK. THE DMEA REPORT CONCL HAD NOT BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT ANY URANIUM EXISTS ON THE CLA WITH THE RESULT BEING A DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Dbo U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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