Mine detail: Blue Eagle Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

37.78668, -108.05982

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Carnotite, Tyuyamunite

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
Associated rock:	Microgabbro
Associated type:	Gabbro
Structure:	Paradox Basin, San Juan Uplift, Rico Dome, Dunton Syncline, Unnamed Faults
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform

References

MRDS	D010902
DEP	10014227
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 129L}{Deposit:: BUSH, A.L., AND BROMFIELD, C.S., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DOLORES PEAK QUADRANGLE, DOLORES AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-536.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 129}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.