Mine detail: Dependable Group and Snowshoe Claim

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Location

Lat / long:

38.30472, -106.75755

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Thorium
Gangue:	Fluorite, Limestone

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Quartz Monzonite;Morrison Formation
Host type:	Quartz Monzonite,Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Quartz Monzonite Of Cochetopa Creek
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Pegmatite
Structure:	San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift, Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome; Unnamed Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	Iron Staining; Kaolinitization Of Feldspars

References

MRDS	D009104
DEP	10094531
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. 389-390}{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.