Mine detail: Fox Hills Outcrop

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Location

Lat / long:

39.96471, -105.21447

Resource(M)

Primary:	Coal
Tertiary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Limonite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Fox Hills Sandstone
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Denver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Idaho Springs-Ralston Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Central Platform

References

MRDS	D010222
DEP	10013759
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 82}{Deposit:: SPENCER, F.D., 1961, BEDROCK GEOLOGY OF THE LOUISVILLE QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-151}
Reporter	Banke, Carl M.