Mine detail: Barlow Group

Previously called 'Barlow Nos. 1-6'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.73057, -107.95204

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Carnotite, Roscoelite
Discovery year:	1940

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Entrada Sandstone;Pony Express Limestone Member Of Wanakah Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Associated rock:	Pyroxene Lamprophyre
Associated type:	Pyroxenite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Paradox Basin, Rico Dome
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010796
DEP	10014147
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 129.}{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.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS. AND ANNUAL OPERATOR REPTS.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 129.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.