Mine detail: Beth Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.05278, -107.4598

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Pitchblende, Uranophane

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1958
Last production ended:	1961

Geology

Host type:	Rhyolite
Associated rock:	Intrusive Rocks--Rhyolite;Ash-Flow Member Of Crystal Lake Tuff
Associated type:	Rhyolite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field, San Juan Depression, San Juan-Uncompahgre Calderas, Lake City Caldera
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011626
DEP	10014727
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 179.}{Deposit:: STEVEN, T.A., AND OTHERS, 1977, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STUDY AREAS CONTIGUOUS TO THE UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1391-E, P. 83, 110-111, PLS. 1,3}{Deposit:: LIPMAN, P.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAKE CITY CALDERA AREA, WESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-962.}{Deposit:: FISCHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1968, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNCOMPAHGRE PRIMITIVE AREA, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1261-C, P. 37.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 179}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.