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Airborne Anomaly 56-

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. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10231669
MAS/MILS ID 0080810011
Record type Site
Current site name Airborne Anomaly 56-

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.6976, 40.82686 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Irish Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyon of Lodore(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Vermilion(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CO)

Bureau of Land Management CO BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 010 N 101 W 13 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.6976, 40.82686
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N32W
    Dip 35N
    Thickness 0.3M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Strike And Dip N32W:35N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Yampa Basin

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2153, DATED 1953. RADIOACTIVITY: 8XBG M INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IS A SKETCH LOCATION MAP. THERE IS A SEAM IN THE IMMEDIATE VACINITY OF THE RADIOACTIVE ANOMALY. T IS COVERED BY THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, BIG JOE BASIN.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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