Mine detail: Burgess Claim

Previously called 'Diamond J Ranch Deposit'

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Location: El Paso County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.99444, -104.76028
dep_id: 10013254
mrds_id: D009448
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Iron, Manganese
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
alteration: Fe And Mn Oxides
conc_proc: Ground-Water Leaching And Residual Enrichment In U Daughter Products
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dawson Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure: Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Rampart Range Uplift
tectonic: Central Platform
disc_yr: 1951
discr: H. E. Burgess
References:
  • Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 141.
  • Deposit:: LOVERING, T.G., AND BERONI, E.P., 1959, PRELIMINARY STUDY OF RADIOACTIVE LIMONITE IN COLORADO, UTAH, AND WYOMING: USGS BULL. 1046-N, P. 353-356
  • Deposit:: TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F
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