Mine detail: Colexco No. 1-43 Claims

Previously called 'Red Cliff 30'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.56622, -105.26697

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Secondary:	Vanadium
Tertiary:	Manganese
Ore:	Carnotite, Uranophane
Gangue:	Iron

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Dakota Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Southern Colorado Front Range, Canon City Embayment, Ne-Trending Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Silicification

References

MRDS	D009477
DEP	10013268
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. 145-146.}{Deposit:: 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.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.