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George Avery Ranch

Past Producer in Pueblo 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240145
MRDS ID D009454
MAS/MILS ID 0081010001
Record type Site
Current site name George Avery Ranch
Related records 10090128

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -104.82276, 38.51081 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pueblo(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Timber Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colorado Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Pueblo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 018 S 066 W 06 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -104.82276, 38.51081
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 30.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Minimum Depth to Top 15.3
    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

Mining district

District name Canyon City District

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: MAS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2345, DATED 1954. AT THAT TIME WORKINGS 100 FT. TUNNEL, 45 FT. SHAFT, 12 FOOT CROSSCUT. AT THE TIME, TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN SHIPPED TO VITRO CHEMICAL CO OF UTAH; T ASSAYED .13%U308. OWNER ADDRESS: CLIFF AND CREEK URANIUM CO. RALPH YOUNG, INDEPENDENCE BLDG., COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. AN EARLIER, PRE-PRODUCTION PRR REPORT HAD THE FOLLOWING INFO PRR REPORT-2346, DATED 1953. RADIOACTIVITY: 250XBG MAXIMUM, AVERAGE. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IS A SKETCH LOCATION MAP. OWNER ADDRESS: CHARLES AVERY LYTLE ROAD COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO THE AVERY RANCH PROPERTY IS ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO

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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