Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR IRREGULAR LENTICULAR
Ore controlFracturing Igneous
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite
GangueFeldspar, Magnetite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockGranite · Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
Associated rockPegmatite,Granite · Pikes Peak Granite;Pegmatite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Mt Rosa Intrusive Center, Ute Pass Fault, Manitou Park Half Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationSilicification In Wallrock
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10010857
MRDS IDD004877
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.75862, -104.91417
References
USBM MAS OCT 1976TRIMBLE, D.E., AND MACHETTE, M.N., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COLORADO SPRINGS-CASTLE ROCK AREA, FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-857-F.SCOTT, G.R., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND VICINITY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-482.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 141.