Mine detail: Arrowhead Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.81222, -108.79178

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Carnotite, Tyuyamunite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR, TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:	Paradox Basin, Paradox Fold And Fault Belt, Glade Zone Of Faults, Dolores Anticline, Glade Graben, Sage Plain Terrace
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Alteration Of Pyrite To Limonite; Calcitization; Carbonation Of Plant Detritus

References

MRDS	D010883
DEP	10014213
Reference	{Deposit:: SHAWE, D.R., AND OTHERS, 1968, STRATIGRAPHY OF SLICK ROCK DISTRICT AND VICINITY, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-A, 108 P.}{Deposit:: SHAWE, D.R., 1970, STRUCTURE OF THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT AND VICINITY, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-C, 18 P.}{Deposit:: SHAWE, D.R., 1976, SEDIMENTARY ROCK ALTERATION IN THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-D, 51 P.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978. RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 129}{Deposit:: HAYNES, D.D., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS MAP I-629.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.