Mine detail: Shamrock-Irish Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 39.07722, -105.44697

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Ore: Pitchblende

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Idaho Springs Formation
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Structure:Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats, Badger Flats Fault, Round Mountain Syncline, Elkhorn Thrust
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD010284
DEP10013794
Reference{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, G.L., 1976, URANIUM FAVORABILITY OF PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE BADGER FLATS-ELKHORN THRUST AREA, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USERDA REPORT GJBX-55(76), 301}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE GEORGE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A, 44 P.}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P.}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE AND WOBUS, R.A., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SW QUARTER OF THE DENVER 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE MAP 75-340, 1:250,000}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 365}
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