Mine detail: Gem Dandy Prospect

Previously called 'Jim Dandy Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.45666, -105.78393

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Ore: Torbernite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1950
Last production ended: 1971

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite,Granite
Associated rock:Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:Park Range, Kenosha Mountains, South Park, Elkhorn Thrust, Fault Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD010347
DEP10013826
Reference{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, G.L., 1976, URANIUM FAVORABILITY OF PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE BADGER FLATS-ELKHORN THRUST AREA, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: US ERDA REPORT GJBX-55 (76), 30 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. 366}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L. (1978)}
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