Mine detail: Pawnee Buttes N.E. Deposit

Previously called 'Pawnee Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.63277, -104.04027

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	ROLL FRONT
Discovery year:	1971

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Cheyenne Basin
Tectonic:	Central Platform, Great Plains
Alteration processes:	Alteration Present But Not Detectable In Field By Usual Color Changes

References

MRDS	D009073
DEP	10013015
Reference	{Deposit:: KIRKHAM, R.M., *EARY, W. AND WARNER, J.W., 1980, HYDROGEOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC DATA PERTINENT TO URANIUM MINING, CHEYENNE BASIN, COLORADO: CGS INFORMATION SERIES 12, 31 P.}{Deposit:: READE, H.L., 1978, URANIUM DEPOSITS: NORTHERN DENVER-JULESBURG BASIN, COLORADO, IN PRUIT, J.D. AND COFFIN, P.E., EOS., ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE DENVER BASIN: ROCKY MTN. ASSOC. GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 161-171}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.