Mine detail: Soda Springs Group

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Location: Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.6772, -105.61588
dep_id: 10013868
mrds_id: D010400
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Lead, Bismuth, REE, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Galena, Uranophane
gangue: Biotite, Hematite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Quartzofeldspathic Mica Schist And Gneiss And Hornblende Gneiss;Granitic Gneiss
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss
arock_unit: Pegmatite
arock_type: Pegmatite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: PEARSON, R.C., AND OTHERS, 1981, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COMANCHE-BIG SOUTH, NEOTA-FLAT TOP, AND NEVER SUMMER WILDERNESS STUDY AREAS, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS OFR 81-578, P. 27, 30, 32.
  • Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 210.
  • Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978
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