Sand Creek Claims

The Sand Creek Claims is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,789 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

Name: Sand Creek Claims  

State:  Colorado

County:  Fremont

Elevation: 7,789 Feet (2,374 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.69167, -105.27500

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Sand Creek Claims MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Sand Creek Claims


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: High Park 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

Not available


Production

Year: 1958
Description: Ap_Grade: ^0.20% U308


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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

Form: TABULAR, PODS


Structure

Type: R
Description: Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field

Type: L
Description: Paleo Channels Along Four Mile Creek And Its Adjacent Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation; Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay


Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Oligocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Coffinite
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite


Comments

Comment (Geology): DEPOSITS LOCALIZED AND PRESERVED BY SLUGGISH GROUNDWATER MOVEMENT IN AREA. THOSE CONDITIONS STILL PRESENT AS EVIDENCED BY ARTESIAN PRESSURE IN WELLS AND SPRINGS ISSUING FROM ECHO PARK FORMATION AND BY A PRESENT URANIUM CONTENT OF GROUNDWATER IN AREA AS HIGH AS 900 PPB.

Comment (Location): NEAR TOP OF LONG, NORTH-TRENDING RIDGE JUST NW OF INTERSECTION OF FOUR MILE CREEK AND HIGH CREEK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1976

Comment (Production): SAND CREEK NO. 4


References

Reference (Production): NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978

Reference (Deposit): DICKINSON, K.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P. 88-94.

Reference (Deposit): WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.

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. 151.


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