Mine detail: Mocking Bird Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.26612, -105.85392

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Thorium, Radium, Cadmium, Tantalum
Ore:	Euxenite, Monazite, Xenotime
Gangue:	Garnet
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1954

Geology

Host rock:	Pegmatite, Gneiss
Host type:	Pegmatite,Gneiss
Structure:	Sawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D008947
DEP	10012926
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. 392-393}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., AND OTHERS, 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS 1-892}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.