The Sand Creek Deposit is a uranium mine located in Weld county, Colorado at an elevation of 5,230 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: 5,230 Feet (1,594 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 40.73222, -104.47583
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Sand Creek Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sand Creek Deposit
Secondary: Sand Creek Uranium Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Weld
District: Grover/Keota 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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Power Resources Corp.
Home Office: Denver, Co.
Years: 1978 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1971
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; Oxidized
Rocks
Name: Sandstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CORE SAMPLES UP TO 0.41% U308, AVERAGGING 0.21% U308
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE OF HYLAND PIT WHERE URANIUM FIRST DISCOVERED IN COUNTY; LATITUDE, LONGITUDE GIVEN FOR CENTER, SECTION 19 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976
Comment (Reserve-Resource): READE, 1978
Comment (Development): DISCOVERED DURING INITIAL, WIDE-SPACED DRILLING PROGRAM
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZED SOLUTION FRONT IS ORIENTED EAST-WEST WITH INTERIOR ZONE ON THE SOUTH AND PROTORE ZONE TO THE NORTH
Comment (Workings): DRILLING TO DELINEATE ORE BODY
References
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.
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.
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