| Location: | Moffat County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 40.54719, -107.99511 |
| dep_id: | 10107975 |
| mrds_id: | D008020 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Uranium |
| Minor mineral: | Molybdenum |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Medium ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Ilsemannite, Jordisite, Uranophane |
| gangue: | Calcite, Clay, Gypsum, Jarosite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | LENTICULAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| alteration: | Oxidation Of Fe And U Minerals |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. (King, Robert U.) |
| hrock_unit: | Browns Park Formation |
| hrock_type: | Sandstone |
| Structure: | Washakie Basin, Axial Basin, Lay Syncline, Maybell Monocline, Normal Fault (Unnamed) |
| tectonic: | Colorado Platform |
| Year first produced: | 1955 |
| disc_yr: | 1954 |
| References: |
- 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. 268, 271.
- Deposit:: MCKAY, E.J., AND BERGIN, M.J., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MAYBELL QUADRANGLE, MOFFAT COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS GQ-1145.
- Deposit:: WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM, IN DEL RIO, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO-FIRST SEQUEL: COLO. STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 343-347.
- Deposit:: KING, R.U., (UNPUBLISHED DATA)
- Production:: COLO. DIV. MINES ANN. OPERATOR REPTS.
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