Mine detail: Texas Creek Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.44973, -105.60475

Resource(B)

Primary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary:	Uranium
Ore:	Uraninite
Gangue:	Garnet, Limonite, Quartz
Other material:	Fluorite

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss,Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Pegmatites, Possibly Related To Quartz Monzonite Of Silver Plume Age
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Texas Creek Fault
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Highly Weathered

References

MRDS	D009468
DEP	10097850
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 152-153.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.