Mine detail: Dickson-Snooper Mine

Previously called 'Ponderosa Ore BodySnooper-Dickson Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.54029, -105.52919

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Uraninite, Autunite
Gangue:	Calcite, Gypsum, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PODS
Discovery year:	1954

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
Host type:	Arkose,Tuff
Associated rock:	Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys, Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation; Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay;

References

MRDS	D009319
DEP	10013173
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 147.}{Deposit:: EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195. 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: DICKINSON, K.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P. 88-94.}{Deposit:: BABCOCK, J.A., 1980, TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, P. 15-31.}{Deposit:: MACPHERSON, B.A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME-1083, 39 P.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978)}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B., Keller, John W.