| Location: | Montezuma County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.2839, -108.77845 |
| dep_id: | 10014208 |
| mrds_id: | D010878 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Carbon Dioxide, Natural Gas, Petroleum (Oil) |
| Minor mineral: | Uranium, Vanadium |
| Trace mineral: | Copper, Silver, Manganese, Gold |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Carnotite, Chalcopyrite |
| gangue: | Analcime, Barite, Chabazite, Chrysocolla, Gypsum, Hematite, Heulandite, Limonite, Malachite, Marcasite, Natrolite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Stilbite, Tenorite |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | See Comments |
| ore_ctrl: | Fractures And Favorable Permeability In Subsurface Clastics And Carbonates In Mcelmo Structural Dome (Gas, Co2); Carbonized Plant Detritus In Mudstone Conglomerate Channel-Fill (Karla Kay Mine); Permeable Sandstone Along Bounding Normal Faults In Graben (Cliff House Prospects) |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_unit: | Entrada Sandstone, Summerville And Morrison Formations;Burro Canyon Formation And Mancos Shale |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone,Dolomite |
| arock_unit: | Diorite Porphyry;Granodiorite Porphyry |
| arock_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 |
| References: |
- 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)
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