Mine detail: Redskin Mines

Previously called '3 ClaimsShawnee No. 1Redskin 1a1b2a2b'

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Location

Lat / long:

39.41443, -105.53809

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Uranophane
Discovery year:	1963

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1963
Last production ended:	1963

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Springs Formation, Biotite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Quartz Monzonite And Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Front Range, Platte River Mountains, Shear Zone, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D010523
DEP	10013950
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOA CTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 4 0, P. 369}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W., WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, NORTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1163, 1 :250,000.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., 1978.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.