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Marge Group

Past Producer 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. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10288471
MAS/MILS ID 0080810071
Record type Site
Current site name Marge Group

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -107.99737, 40.55247 (WGS84)
Elevation 1830

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Moffat(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Craig(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Craig(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

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 007 N 095 W 13 E2 Colorado

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -107.99737, 40.55247
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Depth to top 83.9M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 LENTICULAR
    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
    Minimum Depth to Top 76.3
    Date of Last Modification 780213

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954
Year of first production 1955

Mining district

District name Maybell District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Union Carbide Corp.
    Interest 100
    Home office Colorado
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION FROM COLO. BUREAU OF MINES 1957 OPERATOR'S REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION- 7 MILES NORTH-EAST OF MAYBELL, COLO. OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION BOX 1049 GRAND JUNCTION,COLORADO 81501

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

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Authoritative Colorado resources

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