Dry Creek Prospect

Unknown in Montrose county in Colorado, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288027
MAS/MILS ID 0080850555
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -108.08676, 38.44779 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montrose(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dry Creek Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nucla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Uncompahgre(hydrologic unit)

Gunnison(hydrologic accounting unit)

Gunnison(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 Montrose

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
New Mexico 048 N 011 W 04 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -108.08676, 38.44779

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 05N
    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 BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip :05N
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Wayne Andrews
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION FROM PRR-2233, DATED 1955. A PICKED SAMPLE ASSAY U308 WITH A RADIOACTIVITY OF 3XBG MAXIMUM. THE MINE CONTROLL WAYNE ANDREWS WAS LOCATED AT OLATHE, COLORADO. INCLUDED IN REPORT IS A SKETCH LOCATION MAP. THE CLAIMS ARE IN SECS. 3,4 T. 48 N., R. 11 W., N.W.D.C.

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.

External references

Authoritative Colorado resources

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