Mine detail: Broken Thumb Prospects

Previously called 'Broken Thumb Nos. 1-3 Prospects'

Location:	Dolores County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	37.80389, -108.78734
dep_id:	10101877
mrds_id:	D010885
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Uranium, Vanadium
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Stratiform
Production size:	Small ammount of material produced
Development status:	Past Producer
ore:	Carnotite, Tyuyamunite
gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite
orebody_fm:	LENTICULAR, TABULAR
model:	204: Sandstone U
alteration:	Alteration Of Pyrite To Limonite; Calcitization; Carbonation Of Plant Detritus
conc_proc:	Precipitation Of Complex U And V Ions In Altered Carbonaceous Sandstone From Downward-Percolating, Saline, Reducing Pore Waters Expelled From Overlying Cretaceous Marine Mancos Shale During Compaction
ore_ctrl:	Carbonaceous, Altered Sandstone Near Faults And Fractures And In Permeable Zones
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit:	Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
hrock_type:	Mudstone,Sandstone
Structure:	Paradox Basin, Paradox Fold And Fault Belt, Glade Zone Of Faults, Dolores Anticline, Glade Graben, Sage Plain Terrace
tectonic:	Colorado Platform
References:	Deposit:: SHAWE, D.R., AND OTHERS, 1968, STRATIGRAPHY OF SLICK ROCK DISTRICT AND VICINITY, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-A, 108 P. Deposit:: SHAWE, D.R., 1970, STRUCTURE OF THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT AND VICINITY, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-C, 18 P. Deposit:: SHAWE, D.R., 1976, SEDIMENTARY ROCK ALTERATION IN THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-D, 51 P. Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY. CGS BULL. 40, P. 129. Deposit:: HAYNES, D.D., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS MAP I-629. Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978