Mine detail: Deremo Mine

Previously called 'Deremo-Snyder MineDeremo ShaftsSnyder Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.93611, -109.0354

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Vanadium

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1959

Geology

Host rock:Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Uravan Mineral Belt, Sage Plain Terrace, Dolores Anticline, Dove Cr. Anticline, Monticello Syncline
Tectonic:Colorado Platform

References

MRDSD008025
DEP10012412
Reference{Deposit:: HAYNES, D.D., VOGEL, J.D., AND WYANT, D.G., 1972, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS I-629.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 414, 442-443.}{Deposit:: SHAWE, D.R., SIMMONS, G.C., AND ARCHBOLD, N.L., 1968, STRATIGRAPHY OF SLICK ROCK DISTRICT AND VICINITY, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-A.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.}{Production:: ANN. PRODUCTION 1973-78 FROM COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS; CUMUL. PROD. 1957-71 FROM NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978)}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.