| Location: | San Miguel County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.99722, -107.98926 |
| dep_id: | 10014245 |
| mrds_id: | D010930 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Uranium, Vanadium |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| conc_proc: | Ore Deposition Within Permeable Sandstone May Have Resulted By Precitation From Actively Circulating Ground Waters Below Slightly Uneven Water Table Or At Interface Between Two Types Of Ground Water. Metals May Have Been Derived From Trace Amounts In Solution In Pore Water During Sand Deposition Or From Trace Amounts Dissolved From Rocks During Diagenesis. |
| ore_ctrl: | Permeable Sandstone Underlying Pony Express Limestone |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_unit: | Entrada Sandstone |
| hrock_type: | Sandstone |
| arock_unit: | Porphyritic Microgabbro |
| arock_type: | Gabbro |
| Structure: | Paradox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Gray Head Fault, Unnamed Fault, Gray Head Laccolith |
| tectonic: | Colorado Platform |
| disc_yr: | 1915 |
| discr: | Crucible Steel Mining And Milling Co. (Claimant) |
| References: |
- Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1947, VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.
- Deposit:: BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1961, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GRAY HEAD QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-176.
- Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 413.
- Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEY MS 19702
- Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 413
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