Mine detail: Apache No. 4 Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.39639, -106.33727

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Ore: Pitchblende
Gangue: Limonite, Pyrite
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Surface
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Harding Quartzite
Host type:Quartzite
Structure:Chester Fault, Indian Creek Syncline, Indian Creek Anticline, Sawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD009240
DEP10094554
Reference{Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM-MARSHALL PASS DISTRICT, IN DEL RIO, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO--FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 357-359.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE PAHLONE PEAK QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, SAGUACHE, AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-325.}{Deposit:: RANSPOT, H.W., 1958, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN CREEK AREA., GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: UNIV. COLORADO M.S. THESIS}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 388.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.