| Location: | Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.52501, -105.51669 |
| dep_id: | 10013197 |
| mrds_id: | D009349 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Uranium |
| Operation type: | Surface |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Coffinite, Uraninite |
| gangue: | Hematite, Limonite |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR, PODS |
| model: | 204: Sandstone U |
| 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: | Deposition Controlled By Ground Water Flow Conditions And Carbonaceous Material With Associated Pyrite. Flow Was Impeded By The Fault On The Southern End Of The Echo Park Graben. |
| Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
| hrock_unit: | Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate |
| hrock_type: | Conglomerate,Tuff |
| arock_unit: | Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source |
| arock_type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin, Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains) |
| References: |
- 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.
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