Mine detail: Deer Ridge Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.26668, -105.32835

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Carnotite
Gangue:	Kaolinite, Limonite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Locke Park Paleovalley, Locke Park Paleovalley, Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Weathering, Oxidation

References

MRDS	D009475
MAS	80430029
DEP	10013267
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 146-147.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., AND EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: USBM MAS FILE 1976}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B., Foord, Suzanne C., Minecom, Wilson, Anna B.