The Dinosaur No. 1 Claim is a uranium mine located in Pueblo county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,230 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: 6,230 Feet (1,899 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.49667, -104.88333
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Dinosaur No. 1 Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dinosaur No. 1 Claim
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Pueblo
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
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: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Canon City Embayment, Denver Basin
Type: L
Description: Red Creek (Turkey Creek) Anticline; County Line Syncline; Unnamed Normal Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Claystone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.03 MR/HR, RANGE UP TO 0.36 MR/HR
Materials
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): ON BOOTH MOUNTAIN 3.5 MILES NW OF STONE CITY ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1978)
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT IS IN DISCONTINUOUS RADIOACTIVE ZONE IN MORRISON FM SHALES. MINERALIZATION APPARENTLY LOCATED IN PARTLY SILICIFIED (REPLACED) DINOSAUR BONE
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS
References
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022
Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. DEB-PRR-(C-1503)
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 376
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