The Hyland Pit is a uranium mine located in Weld county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,151 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,151 Feet (1,570 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.71056, -104.61944
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Hyland Pit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hyland Pit
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Weld
District: Grover/Keota Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Hyland Nuclear, Trend Exploration Ltd.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1970
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: ROLL FRONT
Structure
Type: R
Description: Cheyenne Basin
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration Present But Not Detectable In The Field By Usual Color Changes
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE GRADE TO 0.89% U308
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): READE (1978) LISTS THIS AS BEING IN SECTION 34, T9N, R66W; PLOTTED MAPS PUT THE PIT IN THE LOCATION ABOVE. SPECIFIC LOCATIONS GIVEN ARE FOR CORNER BETWEEN SECTIONS 25, 26, 35, 36
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSITS FORMED WHERE URANIUM COATS SAND GRAINS. DEPOSITS ARE SINOUS AND ELONGATE WITH NARROW LATERAL WIDTH
Comment (Workings): PIT 30 FT DEEP, 15 FT WIDE, 150 FT LONG
References
Reference (Deposit): READE, H.L., 1978, URANIUM DEPOSITS: NORTHERN DENVER-JULESBURG BASIN, COLORADO, IN PRUIT, J.D., AND COFFIN, P.E., EDS., ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE DENVER BASIN: ROCKY MTN ASSOC. GEOLOGISTS, P. 161-171
Reference (Deposit): KIRKHAM, R.M., O'LEARY, W. AND WARNER, J.W., 1980, HYDROGEOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC DATA PERTINENT TO URANIUM MINING, CHEYENNE BASIN, COLORADO: CGS INFORMATION SERIES 12, 31 P.
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