Mine detail: Little Indian No. 36 Mine

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.42639, -106.30393
dep_id: 10013133
mrds_id: D009246
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Uranophane
gangue: Hematite, Limonite
work_type: Underground
alteration: Iron And Manganese Oxides
ore_ctrl: Fracturing In Footwall Of Chester Fault
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Harding Quartzite;Manitov Dolomite
hrock_type: Quartzite
Structure: Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Chester Fault, Indian Creek Syncline, Indian Creek Anticline
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
disc_yr: 1955
References:
  • Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM--MARSHALL PASS DISTRICT, IN DEL RIO, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO--FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 357-359.
  • Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE PAHLONE PEAK QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, SAGUACHE, AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-325.
  • Deposit:: RANSPOT, H.W., 1958, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN CREEK AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: UNIV. COLORADO M.S. THESIS
  • Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 175
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