Mine detail: Santa Rosa Claim

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Location: Huerfano County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 37.69085, -105.27613
dep_id: 10016604
mrds_id: DC01622
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Autunite, Azurite, Malachite
model: 204: Sandstone U
alteration: Malachite, Azurite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Sangre De Cristo Formation
hrock_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.)
References:
  • 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.
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