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Iron and Copper Claims

Unknown in Moffat 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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10215217
MAS/MILS ID 0080810063
Record type Site
Current site name Iron and Copper Claims

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.91537, 40.55277 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yampa(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 007 N 094 W 14 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.91537, 40.55277
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 27S
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Strike And Dip N45W:27S
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lay-Maybell

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Mr. Richards And Associates
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2174, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: 3XBG M CONTROLLER ADDRESS: MR. RICHARDS AND ASSOCIATES; C.O. ELMER TREVENAN, MAYBELL, COLORADO. RADIOACTIVITY OCCURS AS SMALL S LENSES IN AN IGNEOUS PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE. THE AREA IS COVERE THE 7-1/2 MAP, LAY.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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