Mine detail: Mik
* Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.63614, -103.16717

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Copper
Orebody form:	LENS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Purgatoire Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Las Animas Arch, Sierra Grande Uplift, Muddy Creek Monocline
Tectonic:	Central Platform
Alteration processes:	Limonite, Hematite, Azurite

References

MRDS	D006657
DEP	10011622
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. 215-216.}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., 1968, GEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURE CONTOUR MAP OF THE LA JUNTA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND KANSAS: USGS MAP 1-560.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.