Mine detail: Shorty Lode

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.4064, -108.09759

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Roscoelite, Sphalerite, Uranophane

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Nonporphyritic Rocks--Syenite
Host type:	Syenite
Associated rock:	Nonporphyritic Rocks--Syenite
Associated type:	Syenite
Structure:	San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010853
DEP	10014188
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 205.}{Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 205}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.