Mine detail: Doc Armor Mine

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Location: Moffat County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.6083, -107.60899
dep_id: 10013410
mrds_id: D009684
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Tyuyamunite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Banke, Carl M.
hrock_unit: Wasatch Formation
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. 267.
  • Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972, 1: 250,000.
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