Mine detail: Bonita Claims

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Location

Lat / long:

38.40361, -106.16143

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Gangue:	Hematite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	tabular
Discovery year:	1954

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1955
Last production ended:	1958

Geology

Host type:	Latite
Associated rock:	Granite;Bonanza Volcanic
Associated type:	Granite
Structure:	Bonanza Caldera, Sawatch Range, Bonanza Volcanic Field, Rio Grande Rift
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Alteration processes:	Strong Sericitization And Kaolinitization; Iron Oxides

References

MRDS	D008270
DEP	10012584
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. 38}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 389}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.