Mine detail: Karla Kay Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

37.34112, -108.86261

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium, Manganese
Ore:	Carnotite
Gangue:	Gypsum, Limonite, Pyrolusite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Karla Kay Conglomerate Member Of Burro Canyon Formation;Brushy Basin Member Of Morrison Formation
Host type:	Conglomerate
Structure:	Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin, Mcelmo Anticline, Unnamed Syncline
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D010876
DEP	10014206
Reference	{Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 64-66.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 282.}{Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 282.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.