Mine detail: Blue Mountain Group

Previously called 'Claims: Blue Mountains 4Skull Creek Carnotite Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.27913, -108.69263

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Carnotite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Malachite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Curtis Formation;Entrada Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Uinta Uplift, Uinta Basin, Yampa Plateau, Douglas Creek Arch, Piceance Basin, Red Wash Syncline, Willow Creek Anticline
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D009678
DEP	10013405
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B., AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 265}{Deposit:: ROWLEY, PETER AND OTHERS, 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VERNAL 1 DEGREE 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, COLORADO, UTAH AND WYOMING: USGS MAP MF-1163, 1: 250,000.}
Reporter	Banke, Carl M.