Mine detail: Sheep Creek Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 40.94997, -105.73367

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Thorium, REE
Ore: Monazite
Gangue: Sphene

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Sherman Granite
Host type:Granite
Associated rock:Sherman Granite
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010407
DEP10013872
ReferenceNELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 21
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.