Mine detail: Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long: 38.30669, -103.67691

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Gangue: Hematite, Iron, Limonite, Selenite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Pierre Shale (Sharon Springs Member)
Host type:Shale
Structure:Denver Basin, Las Animas Arch
Tectonic:Central Platform
Alteration processes:Fe Oxidation

References

MRDSD010564
DEP10013982
Reference{Deposit:: SHARPS, J.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAMAR QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND KANSAS: USGS MAP I-944.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENC ES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 115-117.}{Deposit:: LANDIS, E.R., 1959, RADIOACTIVITY AND URANIUM CONTENT, SHARON SPRIN GS MEMBER OF THE PIERRE SHALE, KANSAS AND COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1046-L9}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.