Location: | Huerfano County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 37.87613, -105.2464 |
dep_id: | 10016547 |
mrds_id: | DC01460 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Uranium, Vanadium |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
Development status: | Past Producer |
orebody_fm: | LENS |
model: | 204: Sandstone U |
alteration: | Fe Oxidation |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Farista Formation, Farisita Formation |
hrock_type: | Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate |
Structure: | Raton Basin Trough, La Veta Syncline |
tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.) |
Year first produced: | 1955 |
yr_lst_prd: | 1955 |
prod_yrs: | 1955 |
References: |
- Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 182.
- Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1071-D.
- Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978
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