Mine detail: Graysill Mine

Previously called 'Graysill GroupClaims: Graysill 1-9'

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Location

Lat / long: 37.71279, -107.89786

Resource(M)

Primary: Vanadium, Uranium
Ore: Carnotite, Roscoelite
Discovery year: 1945

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1947

Geology

Host rock:Entrada Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Associated rock:Biotite Rhyodacite;Pyroxene Lamprophyre
Associated type:Rhyodacite,Lamprophyre
Structure:San Juan Uplift, Rico Dome, Unnamed Faults
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD010795
DEP10014146
Reference{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 398.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, AND HOLE, A.D., 1910, DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGINEER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE: USGS FOLIO 171.}{Deposit:: FINCH, W.I., 1967, GEOLOGY OF EPIGENETIC URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SANDSTONE IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS PROF. PAPER 538, P. 141.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Deposit:: PRATT, W.P., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HERMOSA PEAK QUADRANGLE, DOLORES, SAN JUAN, LA PLATA, AND MONTEZUMA COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OF-76-314.}{Production:: COLO. DIV. MINES ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS. (1950-1964 ANNUALS); NELSON-MOORE, 1978, P.398 (CUMULATIVES)}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.