Mine detail: Schafer Ranch Deposit

Previously called 'Uranium Queen Mine?Claim: Uranium Queen'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.33334, -107.89286

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Secondary:	Titanium, Metal
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Anatase
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Burro Canyon Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	San Juan Basin, La Plata Dome, Perrins Peak Syncline, Durango Anticline
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D010747
DEP	10014109
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 205.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURANGO QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-764.}{Deposit:: CHENOWETH, W.L., 1955, SCHAFER RANCH: AEC PRELIM. RECONN. REPT. ED R-553.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.