Mine detail: Unnamed Uranium Occurrences

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Location: Saguache County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.17723, -106.43532
dep_id: 10012889
mrds_id: D008885
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Gold
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Rawley Andesite;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
hrock_type: Quartz Latite,Andesite
arock_unit: Rawley Andesite;Carpenter Ridge Tuff
arock_type: Quartz Latite,Andesite
Structure: San Juan Volcanic Field, Bonanza Volcanic Center, Sheep Creek Fault Zone, Sheep Creek Syncline
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: BRUNS, D.L., AND OTHERS, 1971, STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS BETWEEN BONANZA CENTER AND ADJACENT PARTS OF THE SAN JUAN VOLCANIC FIELD, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO, IN JAMES, H.L., ED., GUIDEBOOK OF THE SAN LUIS BASIN, COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC., P. 183-190
  • Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 395
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