Airborne Anomalous Area 57-10

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10263992
MAS/MILS ID 0080810019
Record type Site
Current site name Airborne Anomalous Area 57-10

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.811, 40.99056 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sparks(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 012 N 102 W 24 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.811, 40.99056

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N10E
    Dip 09W
    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
    Strike And Dip N10E:09W
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Vermillion Crk

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2210, DATED 1956. RADIOACTIVITY: MAX. O ON LARGE FLAT BOULDER; 6XBG AVERAGE OVER TOW 50-FT. SQUARE O AREAS. HOST ROCK IS MAPPED AS THE WASATCH FORMATION, BUT MAY TIPTON TONGUE OF THE GREEN RIVER FORMATION (EOCENE AGE). ARE APPEARS TO BE UNCLAIMED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Minecom U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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