Mine detail: Coffi* Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 37.34001, -108.82234

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Vanadium
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Carnotite
Gangue: Malachite
Discovery year: 1913

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Entrada Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Structure:Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin, Mcelmo Dome, Mcelmo Anticline
Tectonic:Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:Cu Carbonate

References

MRDSD010875
DEP10014205
Reference{Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 66.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 281-282.}{Deposit:: COFFIN, R.C., 1921, RADIUM, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 215-216.}{Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.