Mine detail: Uranium Queen Mine

Previously called 'Red Hill MineRobinson LeaseClaim: Elkhorn No. 1'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.7422, -105.53004

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Pitchblende, Uranophane
Discovery year:	1956

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1956
Last production ended:	1964

Geology

Host rock:	Sherman Granite;Pegmatite
Host type:	Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Sherman Granite;Pegmatite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Elkhorn Creek Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010599
DEP	10014003
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENC ES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 210-211.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Deposit:: FRANKEL, LARRY, 1955, AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. DEB-P-3-1709}{Deposit:: CAMPBELL, G.C., 1956, AEC PRELIM, RECONN. REPT. SUPPL. DEB-S-3-1709}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978; COLO. DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.