| Lat / long: | 38.55001, -105.55336 |
| Primary: | Uranium |
| Ore: | Coffinite, Uraninite |
| Gangue: | Hematite, Limonite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR, PODS |
| Discovery year: | 1979 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| Host rock: | Echo Park Alluvium, Fluvial Facies, Lower Part |
| Host type: | Mudstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate |
| Associated rock: | Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin, Echo Park Graben, Paleovalley; Deposit Is On Outside Of Paleovalley Meander. The Orebody Is Bounded By Two Burled, High Angle, Normal Faults; One On The Southeast And Another Which May Parallel The Western Edge Of The Orebody. |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains) |
| Alteration processes: | Oxidation; Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay |
| MRDS | D009322 |
| DEP | 10013176 |
| 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. 148.}{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:: 5) CYPRUS MINES CORPORATION, 1979, ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT, HANSEN PROJECT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: CYPRUS MINES CORP./WYOMING MINERAL CORP., P. 2.4.1-2.4.28.}{Reserve-Resource:: BABCOCK, J.W., 1980} |
| Reporter | Collins, Donna B., Keller, John W. |