Mine detail: Soda Springs Group

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Location

Lat / long:

40.6772, -105.61588

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Lead, Bismuth, REE, Silver
Ore:	Galena, Uranophane
Gangue:	Biotite, Hematite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Quartzofeldspathic Mica Schist And Gneiss And Hornblende Gneiss;Granitic Gneiss
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010400
DEP	10013868
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.