Mine detail: Buffalo Head Prospect

Previously called 'Buffalo Head Mining Co. Claim No. 6'

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Location: Moffat County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.52719, -107.97373
dep_id: 10101817
mrds_id: D009700
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Uranophane
orebody_fm: TABULAR
alteration: (See Back)
Reporter: Banke, Carl M.
hrock_type: Sandstone
Structure: Washakie Basin, Lay Syncline, Maybell Monocline
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. 266
  • 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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