Mine detail: Buffalo Head Prospect

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

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Location

Lat / long:

40.52719, -107.97373

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Vanadium
Ore:	Uranophane
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone
Structure:	Washakie Basin, Lay Syncline, Maybell Monocline
Tectonic:	Colorado Platform
Alteration processes:	(See Back)

References

MRDS	D009700
DEP	10101817
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Banke, Carl M.