| Location: | Fremont, Teller County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.00003, -105.27557 |
| dep_id: | 10013196 |
| mrds_id: | D009348 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Uranium |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Uraninite |
| gangue: | Hematite, Limonite |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR, PODS |
| alteration: | Oxidation, Alteration Of Feldspar 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: | Carbonaceous Material Deposition Controlled By Ground Water Flow Conditions And Carbonaceous Material With Associated Pyrite, Flow Was Possibly Impeded By Faults |
| Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
| hrock_type: | Sandstone,Conglomerate |
| arock_unit: | Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source |
| arock_type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Paleovalleys Along Fourmile Creek And Its Adjacent Fault; High Park Fault |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera, (Southern Rocky Mountains) |
| disc_yr: | 1955 |
| References: |
- 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.
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