Mine detail: Glen Williams Mine

Previously called 'Williams MineSection 36 MineGunnison School Section MineSec. 36 T17s R73w'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.52501, -105.51669

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
Host type:	Conglomerate,Tuff
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	D009349
DEP	10013197
Reference	{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:: BABCOCK, J.A., 1980, TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, P. 15-31}{Deposit:: EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.