The Folbre #2 Claim is a uranium mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.56861, -104.87611
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Folbre #2 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Folbre #2 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: El Paso
District: Turkey Creek Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Military Reservation
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Gene Cook
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Canon City Embayment
Type: L
Description: Red Creek (Turkey Creek) Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAX. 0.20 MR/HR
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.04 MR/HR
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON TIMBER MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM MAS
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 141.
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. DEB-PRR-(C-997)
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