Mine detail: Cliff House Group

Previously called 'Cliff HouseCliff House No. 2And Cliff House No. 4 Prospects'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.3614, -108.80817

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Manganese
Gangue:	Barite, Hematite, Limonite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Summerville Formation;Junction Creek Sandstone
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:	Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin, Mcelmo Dome, Mcelmo Anticline, Unnamed Graben
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Fe Oxides, Cu Carbonates

References

MRDS	D010874
DEP	10014204
Reference	{Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 62-64.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 281.}{Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1955, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.