Mine detail: Floyd Watters Ranch

Previously called 'Mundy ClaimLewis C. Mundy ClaimWalte
* Ranch'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.18251, -105.21974

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Radium, Thorium, REE, Lead
Ore:	Galena, Thorite
Gangue:	Calcite, Caliche, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	Tabular
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1953
Last production ended:	1953

Geology

Host rock:	Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Lamprophyre Dike
Associated type:	Lamprophyre
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Dike, Siliceous Vein
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	None; A Limonitic Clay Zone, One Inch Thick, Lies On Both Sides Of Vein

References

MRDS	D008265
DEP	10012579
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P. 120}{Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., BROCK, M.R., PEARSON, R.C., AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1959, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, A PROGRESS REPORT: USGS BULLETIN 1072-H, P. 531-532}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10X20 UUADRANGLE, SOUTH CENTRAL, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1: 250, 000}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHER, 1978}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.