Mine detail: Sturbaum-Fister Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.42195, -105.7203

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Discovery year:	1967

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1967
Last production ended:	1968

Geology

Host rock:	Harding Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Granodiorite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite
Structure:	Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment, Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Cotopaxi Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D009636
DEP	10013375
Reference	{Deposit:: COLORADO DIVISION OF MINES INSPECTION RECORDS, 1968}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1: 62,500.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.