Mine detail: Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

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Location: Crowley County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.30669, -103.67691
dep_id: 10013982
mrds_id: D010564
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Hematite, Iron, Limonite, Selenite
alteration: Fe Oxidation
conc_proc: Neutralization And Hydrolization Of Fe Sulfate-Bearing Waters Perc Hed Above Impermeable Clay Layers.
ore_ctrl: Impermeable Bentonitic Clay And Fe-Rich Layers
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Pierre Shale (Sharon Springs Member)
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: Denver Basin, Las Animas Arch
tectonic: Central Platform
References:
  • 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
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