Mine detail: Laveta Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.5233, -112.18106

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Molybdenum
Ore:	Torbernite, Tyuyamunite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Goethite, Hematite, Jarosite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:	Latite
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Red Hills Caldera
Tectonic:	Basin And Range Transition
Alteration processes:	Argillic, Silicification, Alunitic

References

MRDS	DB01151
DEP	10097987
Reference	TRIMBLE, L. M., 1978 .
Reporter	Trimble, Larry M.