Mine detail: High Park District

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Location

Lat / long:

38.00003, -105.27557

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Uraninite
Gangue:	Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form:	TABULAR, PODS
Discovery year:	1955

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Conglomerate
Associated rock:	Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Paleovalleys Along Fourmile Creek And Its Adjacent Fault; High Park Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay

References

MRDS	D009348
DEP	10013196
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. 143-153.}{Deposit:: DICKINSON, K.A., 19818 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:: WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.