Mine detail: Ant Claims

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Location

Lat / long:

38.5339, -105.26613

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Carnotite
Orebody form:	BEDDED

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Ralston Creek Formation
Host type:	Siltstone,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure:	Southern Colorado Front Range, Canon City Embayment, Chandler Syncline
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Oxidation

References

MRDS	D009480
DEP	10013270
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. 144.}{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.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.