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Antero Basin uranium prospect

Occurrence in Park 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. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10311044
Record type Site
Current site name Antero Basin uranium prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -105.81892, 38.75 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Park(county)

Colorado(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gribbles Park(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pikes Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pueblo(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Arkansas Headwaters(hydrologic unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Arkansas(hydrologic subregion)

Arkansas-White-Red(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Colorado Park

Comments on the location information

  • MIning claims and a state lease cover 21,000 acres in SW Park County and a small part of Fremont County, about 18 miles south of Hartsel, in secs 23-26, 35, 36, T 14 S, R 76 W; secs 19, 30-32, T 14 S, R 75 W; secs 1, 12-13, 24, T 15 S, R 76 W; secs 5-8, 17-21, 27-34, T 15 S, R 75 W; and secs 4-9, 16-21, T 51 N, R 11 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 204
USGS model code 30c
Deposit model name Sandstone U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Antero Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -105.81892, 38.75
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Antero syncline

Comments on the geologic information

  • Uranium occurs in clastic and volcaniclastic beds in Oligocene Antero Formation.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-FEB-2006 Beach, Richard A. Colorado Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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