Mine detail: Glory Bee Mine

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Location: Moffat County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.25913, -108.75347
dep_id: 10101814
mrds_id: D009681
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Trace mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: Iron Oxides
Reporter: Banke, Carl M.
hrock_unit: Curtis Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Uinta Uplift, Uinta Basin, Yampa Plateau, Douglas Creek Arch, Piceance Basin, Red Wash Syncline, Willow Creek Anticline
tectonic: Colorado Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B., AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 268.
  • Deposit:: ROWLEY, PETER AND OTHERS, 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE VERNAL 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, COLORADO, UTAH, AND WYOMING: USGS MAP MF-1163, 1: 250,000
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