Mine detail: Coles Hill uranium deposit

Previously called 'Swanson Uranium Project'

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Location: Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States, North America
Lat / long: 36.867, -79.301
dep_id: 10084764
mrds_id: W102206
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore_ctrl: cataclastic and fault breccia
Reporter: Calkins, James A., Schruben, Paul G.
hrock_unit: Leatherwood granite
hrock_type: Granite
tectonic: Piedmont Terrane Of Appalachians
disc_yr: 1980
discr: Marline Uranium Corp, Danville, Va (Subsidiary Of Union Carbide)
References:
  • 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
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