Mine detail: Quatman Lease

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Location

Lat / long: 39.67971, -105.24225

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Ore: Pitchblende, Uraninite
Discovery year: 1955

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1955
Last production ended: 1960

Geology

Host rock:Idaho Springs Formation
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Junction Ranch Fault, Cherry Gulch Fault, Bear Creek Shear Zone
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mts.)

References

MRDSD009849
DEP10013505
Reference{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 194}{Deposit:: SCOTT, GLENN R., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MORRISON QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPI-790-A, 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: KING, R.U., 1964, GRAPEVINE MINE, IN SIMS, P.K., AND SHERIDAN, D.M., GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1159, P. 99-100}{Deposit:: GABLE, D.J., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CRYSTALLINE ROCKS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE MORRISON QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1251-E}
ReporterBanke, Carl M.