Lightner Creek Group

Past Producer in La Plata county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215166
MAS/MILS ID 0080670186
Record type Site
Current site name Lightner Creek Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.99704, 37.36611 (WGS84)
Elevation 2440
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

La Plata(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durango West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Durango(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Animas(hydrologic unit)

Upper San Juan(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Juan(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

San Juan 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 La Plata

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.99704, 37.36611

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Date of Last Modification 920519

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: CBM ANN. REPORT 1955

  • Deposit

    OWN/OP: SAN JUAN URANIUM CORP. 1955

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES OPEN FILE REPORT MLA 2-92 SAMPLES 1701-

  • Deposit

    1703

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAY-92 Martin 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.