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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