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Lightning Group

Past Producer in Fremont 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. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215006
MAS/MILS ID 0080430039
Record type Site
Current site name Lightning Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -105.72588, 38.32391 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fremont(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cotopaxi(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canon City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Fremont

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 047 N 011 E 14 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Kaolinite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -105.72588, 38.32391
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 PIPELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 INTERM ARGILLIC
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAS FILE 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM DMEA REPORT, DOCKET NO. 4328, DATED 1959. T THE FINAL SUMMARY REPORT, AN EARLIER DMEA PROJECT HAVING BEE VED. BASED ON THE DMEA EXPLORATION, TOTAL RESERVES, INDICATE INFERRED, AMOUNTED TO ABOUT 2000 TONS OF .15% U308. AT THE T THE REPORT, THE CLAIMS, THEN CONTROLLED BY D.A.C. URANIUM CO HAD PRODUCED 80 TONS OF ORE ASSAYING .10% U308. THIS WAS SHI THE VITRO MILL AT SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. INCLUDED IN THE DMEA ARE LOCATION, CLAIM, AND GEOLOGIC MAPS. THE DMEA REPORT CONC THE CLAIMS DID NOT CONSTITUTE A DISCOVERY AND RECOMMENDED AS TANCE BE DENIED FOR FURTHER EXPLORATION WORK.

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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