Mine detail: Keota Mine

Previously called 'Keota Project'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.72165, -104.02083

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	ROLL FRONT
Discovery year:	1978

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect
First production started:	1981

Geology

Host rock:	Keota And Buckingham Sandstone Members Of The Upper Fox Hills Formation. The Keota Is Continuous Whereas The Buckingham Pinches Out Or Merges With The Keota Member;White River Formation; Tuffaceous Beds Possibly Source Of Uranium
Host type:	Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Sandstone
Structure:	Cheyenne Basin, Denver Basin
Tectonic:	Central Platform, Great Plains
Alteration processes:	Alteration Present But Not Detectable By Usual Color Changes In Field Or Cuttings

References

MRDS	D009072
DEP	10087755
Reference	{Deposit:: KIRKHAM, R.M., *EARY, WILLIAM, AND WARNER, J.W., 1980, HYDROGEOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC DATA PERTINENT TO URANIUM MINING, CHEYENNE BASIN, COLORADO: CGS INFORMATION SERIES 12, 31 P.}{Deposit:: READE, H.L., 1978, URANIUM DEPOSITS: NORTHERN DENVER-JULESBURG BASIN, COLORADO, UN PRUIT, J.D. AND COFFIN, P.E., EDS., ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE DENVER BASIN: ROCKY MTN ASSOC. GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 161-171.}{Deposit:: WYOMING MINERAL CORPORATION, 1978, ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT, KEOTA PROJECT, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO: WYOMING MINERAL CORPORATION, 2 VOLUMES.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.