Mine detail: Cottonwood Mine

Previously called 'Cottonwood Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

37.68694, -109.25762

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Carnotite, Roscoelite
Orebody form:	ROLL, ELONGATE TABULAR
Discovery year:	1940

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Tectonic:	Stable Platform
Alteration processes:	Bleaching In Mudstone, Sandstone

References

MRDS	W027073
DEP	10078634
Reference	{Deposit:: HUFF, L. C., AND LESURE, F. G., 1965, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF MONTEZUMA CANYON AREA, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH, U.S.G.S. BULLETIN 1190}{Production:: UGMS STUDY - 1973 - 1974}{Reserve-Resource:: TRIMBLE, L. M., 1977}
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.