Mine detail: Misery Mines

Previously called 'Joe and Bob ClaimsSatan GroupMisery Mine 7'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.46807, -105.53836

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Ore:	Uraninite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, POD
Discovery year:	1952

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D009329
DEP	10013181
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. 150.}{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:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAX. 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.