Location: | Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.46807, -105.53836 |
dep_id: | 10013181 |
mrds_id: | D009329 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Uranium |
Minor mineral: | Vanadium |
Operation type: | Surface |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
ore: | Uraninite |
orebody_fm: | TABULAR, POD |
model: | 204: Sandstone U |
alteration: | Oxidation; Alteration Of Feldspars To Clay |
conc_proc: | Concentration By Oxidized, Uranium-Bearing Groundwater Passing Through Areas With Localized Reducing Conditions Such As Carbonaceous Material (Mostly Wood Fragments) And Associated Pyrite In Fluvial Channel Sandstones. |
ore_ctrl: | Deposition Controlled By Ground Water Flow Conditions And Carbonaceous Material With Associated Pyrite. Flow Was Impeded By The Fault On The Southern End Of The Echo Park Graben. |
Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
hrock_unit: | Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate;Echo Park Alluvium |
hrock_type: | Mudstone,Sandstone,Tuff |
arock_unit: | Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source |
arock_type: | Rhyolite |
Structure: | Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys, Faults |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains) |
disc_yr: | 1952 |
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