Mine detail: Blue Mountain Group

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

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Location: Moffat County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.27913, -108.69263
dep_id: 10013405
mrds_id: D009678
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Uraninite
gangue: Malachite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Banke, Carl M.
hrock_unit: Curtis Formation;Entrada Sandstone
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Uinta Uplift, Uinta Basin, Yampa Plateau, Douglas Creek Arch, Piceance Basin, Red Wash Syncline, Willow Creek Anticline
tectonic: Colorado Platform
References:
  • 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.
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