Airborne Anomaly B17-119

Unknown in Moffat county in Colorado, United States with commodity Uranium
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Sections on this page
  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 10263835
MRDS ID D009310
MAS/MILS ID 0080810041
Record type Site
Current site name Airborne Anomaly B17-119
Related records 10013166

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.86377, 40.78026 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Great Divide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Snake(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 010 N 093 W 32 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.86377, 40.78026

Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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
    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 Surface-Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Great Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2164, DATED 1954. RADIOACTIVITY: 3.5XBG 2XBG AVERAGE. ANOMALY IN ARKOSIC SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE ON UNCLAIMED PUBLIC DOMAIN. INCLUDED IN THE REPORT IS A SKET LOCATION MAP. THE AREA IS COVERED BY THE 7-1/2 MINUTE MAP, G DIVIDE.

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.

Authoritative Colorado resources

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