Lat / long: | 38.53445, -105.48947 |
Primary: | Uranium |
Ore: | Uraninite |
Gangue: | Hematite, Limonite |
Orebody form: | TABULAR |
Operation type: | Surface |
Production size: | None |
Development status: | Prospect |
Host type: | Sandstone,Conglomerate |
Associated rock: | Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Source Of Uranium |
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; |
MRDS | D009353 |
DEP | 10013200 |
Reference | {Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W. AND BEVER, J.E., 1957, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUFFEY AREA, PARK AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES QUARTERLY V. 52, NO. 4, P. 33}{Geology:: 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.}{Geology:: 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.} |
Reporter | Collins, Donna B., Keller, John W. |