Mine detail: Sheep Creek Prospect

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Location: Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.94997, -105.73367
dep_id: 10013872
mrds_id: D010407
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Thorium, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Other
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Monazite
gangue: Sphene
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Sherman Granite
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Sherman Granite
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 21
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