Folbre #2 Claim

The Folbre #2 Claim is a uranium mine located in El Paso county, Colorado at an elevation of 6,801 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

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Site Name

Primary: Folbre #2 Claim

Commodity

Primary: Uranium

Location

State: Colorado
County: El Paso
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

Owner Name: Gene Cook
Years: 1954 -

Production

Not available

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

Form: TABULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: Front Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Canon City Embayment

Type: L
Description: Red Creek (Turkey Creek) Anticline

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: MAX. 0.20 MR/HR
Analytical Data: BACKGROUND RADIATION 0.04 MR/HR

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): ON TIMBER MOUNTAIN ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM MAS

Reference (Deposit): SCOTT, G.R., AND OTHERS, 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1X2 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022.

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 141.

Reference (Deposit): AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. DEB-PRR-(C-997)

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