Mine detail: Four Corners Mine

Previously called 'Pallaoro LeaseMorrison Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.63582, -105.17058

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Ore: Uraninite
Gangue: Ilsemannite, Pyrite
Orebody form: WEDGE, LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1954

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:South Platte Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Golden Fault, Damming Fault
Tectonic:Central Platform

References

MRDSD009851
DEP10013507
Reference{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MORRISON QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-790-A}{Deposit:: RICHTER, D.H., 1964, FOUR CORNERS URANIUM MINE, IN SIMS, P.K., AND SHERIDAN, D.M., GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1159, P. 102-103, PL. 5.}{Deposit:: GOLDSTEIN, E.H., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE DAKOTA FORMATION URANINITE DEPOSIT NEAR MORRISON, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 52, NO. 7, P. 775-785}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 194}{Production:: RICHTER, 1964, P. 102-103; NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978), P. 194}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D., Spanski, Gregory T.