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Lucky Claim

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 10263611
MRDS ID D009682
MAS/MILS ID 0080810069
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Claim
Alternate or previous names Lucky Boy
Related records 10013408

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.11788, 40.55556 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maybell(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Vernal(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)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Moffat

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
6th Principal 007 N 096 W 13 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.11788, 40.55556
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Mining district

District name Maybell District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner J. Roberts
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ranger Uranium Co.
    Year 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2206, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: 33XBG IN TOPSOIL AND SANDSTONE CONCRETIONS. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT GEOLOGIC SECTION. OWNER ADDRESS: J. ROBERTS, MAYBELL, COLORADO.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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