Mine detail: Coles Hill uranium deposit

Previously called 'Swanson Uranium Project'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.867, -79.301

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Discovery year: 1980

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Leatherwood granite
Host type:Granite
Tectonic:Piedmont Terrane Of Appalachians

References

MRDSW102206
DEP10084764
Reference{Geology:: Jerden, J.L. Jr., Sinha, A.K. 1999, Geology, Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Coles Hill Uranium Deposit, Virginia: An Example of a Structurally Controlled, Hydrothermal Apatite-Coffinite-Uraninite Orebody: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs (National Meeting), v. 31, no. 7, A-69.}{Geology:: Aylor, J.G. Jr, Beard, J., and Bodnar, R.J., 2009, Coles Hill, Chatham, Virginia uranium deposit: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 41, No. 1, p. 48}
ReporterCalkins, James A., Schruben, Paul G.