The Willow Creek Group is a uranium mine located in Saguache county, Colorado at an elevation of 10,151 feet.
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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: 10,151 Feet (3,094 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.27778, -106.96833
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Willow Creek Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Willow Creek Group
Secondary: Beta Group
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Saguache
District: Iron Hill Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Southern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field
Type: L
Description: Cimarron Fault; Unnamed Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON NORTH SIDE OF WILLOW CREEK 5 MILES NE OF IRON HILL. LAT-LONG GIVEN IS FOR PROSPECTS IN SEC. 4 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.M., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 396
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