Mine detail: Mcelmo Creek Area

Previously called 'Ute Mountains AreaMcelmo Field'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.2839, -108.77845

Resource(B)

Primary:	Carbon Dioxide, Natural Gas, Petroleum (Oil)
Secondary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Copper, Silver, Manganese, Gold
Ore:	Carnotite, Chalcopyrite
Gangue:	Analcime, Barite, Chabazite, Chrysocolla, Gypsum, Hematite, Heulandite, Limonite, Malachite, Marcasite, Natrolite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Stilbite, Tenorite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Entrada Sandstone, Summerville And Morrison Formations;Burro Canyon Formation And Mancos Shale
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone,Dolomite
Associated rock:	Diorite Porphyry;Granodiorite Porphyry
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Gabbro,Lamprophyre
Structure:	Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin, Domes: Ute, Mcelmo, Sentinel Peak, Towaoc; Stocks: Ute Peak, Black Mountain, The Knees; Bysmaliths: Mable Mountain, Sentinel Peak, West Toe; Laccolith Clusters: Yucca, Sun Dance, West Toe; Sill Cluster: Pine Creek; Laccoliths: Banded, East Horse, Flat, Horse Mountain, Irwin, Last Spring, Mushroom, North Black Mountain, North Ute Peak, Pack Trail, Razorback, Sundance, The Buttes, Three Forks, Tongue, Trapdoor
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	See Comments

References

MRDS	D010878
DEP	10014208
Reference	{Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.M., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, 74 P.}{Deposit:: NELSON-,OORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 281-282.}{Deposit:: COFFIN, R.C., 1920, RADIUM, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 144, 215-216, 221,225.}{Deposit:: SHOEMAKER, E.M., AND NEWMAN, W.L., 1953, UTE MOUNTAINS, A LACCOLITHIC FEATURE IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO (ABS.): GSA BULL., V. 64, NO. 12, PT. 2, P. 1555.}{Deposit:: CROSS, WHITMAN, 1894, THE LACCOLITHIC MOUNTAIN GROUPS OF COLORADO, UTAH, AND ARIZONA: USGS 14TH ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 211-214}{Deposit:: HAYNES, D.D., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CORTEZ QUADRAMGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS MAP I-629.}{Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N, 1957, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SENTINEL PEAK NW QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-132.}{Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SENTINEL PEAK NE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-224.}{Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.}{Deposit:: ELREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CORTEZ SW QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-217.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978 (U3O8 AND V2O5); COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMM. ANN. PRODUCTION RECORDS (GAS, CO2, OIL)}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.