Mine detail: Big Red 22

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.51389, -106.38561

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Ore: Autunite, Pitchblende

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Sawatch (or Harding) Quartzite
Host type:Orthoquartzite,Granite
Structure:reverse fault

References

MRDSDC01113
DEP10016375
Reference{Deposit:: AEC PRODUCTION RECORDS}{Deposit:: USBM PROD. RECORDS}{Deposit:: Nelson-Moore, J.L., Collins, D.B., and Hornbaker, A.L., 1978, Radioactive mineral occurrences of Colorado: Colorado Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1054 p., 12 pl.}{Deposit:: Dings, M. G., and Robinson, C. S., 1957, Geology and ore deposits of the Garfield quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 289, 110 p.}{Deposit:: Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.}
ReporterConservation Division Files, Minecom, Beach, Richard A.