The Unnamed Uranium Occurrence is a mine located in Logan county, Colorado at an elevation of 4,101 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 40.75, -103.28278
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Unnamed Uranium Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed Uranium Occurrence
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Logan
District: North Sterling Reservoir Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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
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Ownership
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Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1943
Discovery Method: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): ASSUMED CENTER POINT WITHIN W 2 OF SW 4 OF SECTION 15 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
Comment (Geology): THE DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE IN THE PIERRE SHALE, BASED ON GEOLOGIC MAPS, BUT COULD POSSIBLY BE IN THE LARAMIE FORMATION OR IN THE TERTIARY OGALLALA OR WHITE RIVER FORMATIONS
References
Reference (Deposit): BUTLER, A.P., FINCH, W.I., TWENHOFEL, W.S., 19, EPIGENETIC URANIUM IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): FINCH, W.I., 1967, GEOLOGY OF EPIGENETIC URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SANDSTONE IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 538, P. 9
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P. 218-220
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