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East Mine

Past Producer in Saguache 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. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10239994
MRDS ID D009288
MAS/MILS ID 0081090014
Record type Site
Current site name East Mine
Alternate or previous names Kathy Jo and Irishmans Dream
Related records 10101790

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -106.74251, 38.3592 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Saguache(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Razor Creek Dome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saguache(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Montrose(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tomichi(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Saguache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 047 N 002 E 03 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -106.74251, 38.3592
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    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 OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Cochetopa District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gunnison Mining Co.
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REFERENCE; GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE COCHETOPA

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT,1959; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY,VOL. 54, NO.1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2368, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: 9XBG M ASSAYS OF SAMPLES AVERAGED ABOUT .22% U308. AT THE TIME, ONE ORE BODY HAD BEEN ENCOUNTERED. THE 7-1/2 MINUTE USGS MAP FO AREA IS RAZOR CREEK DOME.

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.

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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