Mine detail: Mountain Goat

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Location

Lat / long:

39.99526, -105.63449

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Molybdenum, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Hematite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Idaho Springs Formation-Migmatite
Host type:	Gneiss,Pegmatite
Associated rock:	Boulder Creek Granodiorite;Monzonite
Associated type:	Monzonite,Diorite,Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Boulder Creek Batholith, Caribou Stock, Eldora-Bryan Mtn Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D010224
DEP	10101841
Reference	{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. 85}{Deposit:: LOVERING, T.S., AND GODDARD, E.N., 1950, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 223, P. 197-202, PL. 2.}{Deposit:: MOORE, F.B., AND OTHERS, 1957, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CARIBOU AREA, BOULDER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1030-N}
Reporter	Banke, Carl M.