Mine detail: Columbine Nos. 1-4 Claims

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Location: Rio Blanco County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.11386, -107.67844
dep_id: 10101816
mrds_id: D009692
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Carnotite, Tyuyamunite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Banke, Carl M.
hrock_unit: Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: White River Uplift, Axial Basin Arch, Danforth Hills Anticline, Sulphur Creek Syncline, Unnamed Anticline
tectonic: Colorado Platform
References:
  • Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B., AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 378-379
  • Deposit:: TWETO, OGDEN, 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CRAIG 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, NORTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP I-972, 1: 250,000.
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