Mine detail: Oliver Saddle Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.53473, -105.46614

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Coffinite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PODS

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
Host type:	Bentonite,Tuff,Felsic Volcanic Rock
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	D009344
DEP	10013192
Reference	DICKINSON, K.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P 88-9
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.