Mine detail: Gold Star Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

39.07306, -105.41169

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Ore:	Uraninite
Orebody form:	CIRCULAR, ABOUT 400 FT IN DIAMETER

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Idaho Springs Formation
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss,Migmatite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Associated rock:	Redskin Granite;Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Structure:	Tarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats, Badger Flats Fault, Round Mountain Syncline, Elkhorn Thrust
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Migmatization, Hydrothermal Alteration

References

MRDS	D010275
DEP	10090939
Reference	{Deposit:: GALLAGHER, G.L., 1976, URANIUM FAVORABILITY OF PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE BADGER FLATS-ELKHORN THRUST AREA, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USERDA REPORT GJBX-55(76), 30 P}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE GEORGE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A, 44 P.}{Deposit:: HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P.}{Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE AND WOBUS, R.A., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SW QUARTER OF THE DENVER 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE MAP 75-340, 1:250,000}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 367}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.