Mine detail: James-Taylor Lease

Previously called 'Spring Valley Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.6014, -105.52891

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Coffinite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PODS, LENS
Discovery year:	1956

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1956

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D009323
DEP	10013177
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. 148-149.}{Deposit:: EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK CONTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: DICKINSON, K.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P. 88-94.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B., Keller, John W.