The Beaver Creek Occurrence is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Uranium
Lat, Long: 38.56667, -105.02500
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Beaver Creek Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beaver Creek Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Beaver Creek 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
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Front Range, Canon City Embayment
Type: L
Description: Canon City Embayment, Numerous Nw- And Ne- Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Location): NW OF CLARK RANCH AND BEAVER CREEK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)
References
Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G. R., TAYLOR, R. B., EPIS, R. C. AND WOBUS, R. A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1: 250,000.
Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B. AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 144.
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