Mine detail: Santa Rosa Claim

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Location

Lat / long:

37.69085, -105.27613

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Tertiary:	Copper
Ore:	Autunite, Azurite, Malachite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Sangre De Cristo Formation
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif,Raton Basin Trough, Malachite Syncline, Palo Duro And Related Thrust Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Alteration processes:	Malachite, Azurite

References

MRDS	DC01622
DEP	10016604
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P.}{Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1071-D.}{Deposit:: TE1-59, P. 206-207.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.