Mine detail: Two Buttes Vanadium Occurrence

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Location: Prowers County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.65947, -102.54215
dep_id: 10012890
mrds_id: D008887
Commodity type: metallic
Trace mineral: Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Banke, Carl M. (Schwochow, Stephen D)
hrock_unit: Taloga Formation;Entrada Sandstone
hrock_type: Syenite
Structure: Las Animas Arch, Sierra Grande Uplift, Two Buttes Laccolithic Dome
tectonic: Central Platform
References:
  • 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
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