Mine detail: Deer Ridge Claim

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Location: Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.26668, -105.32835
dep_id: 10013267
mrds_id: D009475
mas_id: 80430029
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Carnotite
gangue: Kaolinite, Limonite
alteration: Weathering, Oxidation
ore_ctrl: Iron Oxides , Fractures
Reporter: Collins, Donna B., Foord, Suzanne C., Minecom, Wilson, Anna B.
hrock_unit: Migmatitic Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Wet Mountains, Locke Park Paleovalley, Locke Park Paleovalley, Shear Zone
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:
  • 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
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