Mine detail: Two Buttes Vanadium Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

37.65947, -102.54215

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Vanadium
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Taloga Formation;Entrada Sandstone
Host type:	Syenite
Structure:	Las Animas Arch, Sierra Grande Uplift, Two Buttes Laccolithic Dome
Tectonic:	Central Platform

References

MRDS	D008887
DEP	10012890
Reference	{Deposit:: HILLEBRAND, W.F., 1900, DISTRIBUTION AND QUANTITATIVE OCCURRENCE OF VANADIUM AND MOLYBDENUM IN ROCKS OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 167, P. 49-55}{Deposit:: SANDERS, C.W., 1934, GEOLOGY OF TWO BUTTES DOME IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO: AAPG BULL., V. 18, NO. 7, P. 860-870}{Deposit:: VOEGELI, P.T. AND HERSHEY, L.A., 1965, GEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER RESOURCES OF PROWERS COUNTY, COLORADO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 1772}
Reporter	Banke, Carl M. (Schwochow, Stephen D)