Mine detail: Kathy Jo and Irishma* Dream Claims

Previously called 'East MineLost Nueve Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.37028, -106.7345

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Ore: Pitchblende, Uranophane
Gangue: Marcasite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1954
Last production ended: 1962

Geology

Host rock:Morrison Formation;Metasedimentary Rocks
Host type:Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift, Cochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform

References

MRDSD009288
DEP10101790
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. 391-392}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RAZOR CREEK DOME QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-748}{Deposit:: AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. DEB-PRR-C-1616}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.