Mine detail: Sand Creek Deposit

Previously called 'Sand Creek Uranium Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.7322, -104.4764

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Pyrite
Orebody form:	ROLL FRONT
Discovery year:	1971

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Sand Creek Sandstone Member Of The Laramie Formation;White River Formation; Tuffaceous Beds Possibly Source Of Uranium
Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Cheyenne Basin
Tectonic:	Great Plains, Central Platform
Alteration processes:	Alteration Present But Not Detectable In The Field By Usual Color Changes; Oxidized

References

MRDS	D009074
DEP	10087756
Reference	{Deposit:: KIRKHAM, R.M., *EARY, W. 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, IN PRUIT, J.D. AND COFFIN, P.E., EDS, ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE DENVER BASIN: ROCKY MTN ASSOC. GEOLOGISTS, P. 161-171.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.