Mine detail: Burgess Claim

Previously called 'Diamond J Ranch Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.99444, -104.76028

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Tertiary: Iron, Manganese
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1951

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Dawson Formation
Host type:Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Rampart Range Uplift
Tectonic:Central Platform
Alteration processes:Fe And Mn Oxides

References

MRDSD009448
DEP10013254
Reference{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}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.