Mine detail: Willow Creek Group

Previously called 'Beta Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.27778, -106.96895

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Morrison Formation;Junction Creek Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Gunnison Uplift; San Juan Volcanic Field, Cimarron Fault; Unnamed Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDSD009257
DEP10013138
ReferenceNELSON-MOORE, J.M., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 39
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.