Mine detail: Grover Test Site

Previously called 'Grover Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.8222, -104.26723

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	ROLL FRONT
Discovery year:	1970

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1977
Last production ended:	1978

Geology

Host rock:	Laramie Formation; Grover Sandstone Member, 0 To 100 Ft Thick;White River Formation; Tuffaceous Beds Possibly Source Of Uranium
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Cheyenne Basin
Tectonic:	Great Plains, Central Platform
Alteration processes:	Alteration Is Present But Not Detectable In The Field By The Usual Color Changes

References

MRDS	D009075
DEP	10013016
Reference	{Deposit:: KIRKHAM, R.M., *EARY, W. AND WARNER, J.W., 1980, HYDROGEOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC DATA PERTINENT TO URANIUM MINING, CHEYENNE BASIN, COLORARDO: 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., EDS., ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE DENVER BASIN: ROCKY MTN. ASSOC. GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 161-171.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.