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

MRDSD009344
DEP10013192
ReferenceDICKINSON, 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
ReporterCollins, Donna B.