| Lat / long: | 38.46807, -105.53836 |
| Primary: | Uranium |
| Secondary: | Vanadium |
| Ore: | Uraninite |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR, POD |
| Discovery year: | 1952 |
| Operation type: | Surface |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| 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 |
| 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. |