Mine detail: Muley Gulch Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.09806, -105.73753

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Uraninite
Orebody form:	LENSES, PODS
Discovery year:	1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Antero Formation;South Park Formation, Boulder Conglomerate
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Migmatitic Quartz Monzonite And Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	South Park Basin, Elkhorn Thrust Fault; Ne- And Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D010526
DEP	10013952
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. 368.}{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}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.