Lat / long: | 38.31361, -106.77062 |
Primary: | Uranium, Thorium |
Gangue: | Fluorite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Production size: | None |
Development status: | Occurrence |
Host rock: | Quartz Monzonite Of Cochetopa Creek;Junction Creek Sandstone |
Host type: | Quartz Monzonite |
Associated rock: | Quartz Monzonite |
Associated type: | Quartz Monzonite |
Structure: | San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift, Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome; Unnamed Fault |
Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform |
Alteration processes: | Hematite Staining |
MRDS | D009099 |
DEP | 10094530 |
Reference | {Deposit:: MALAN, R.C., AND RANSPOT, H.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE COCHETOPA MINING DISTRICT, SAGUACHE AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 54, NO. 1, P. 1-19.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 392}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-733} |
Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |