Mine detail: Crescent Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.53445, -105.48947

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

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;

References

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.