Colorado · Las Animas County
Occurrence

Booster Claim No. 1

Las Animas County, Colorado, United States
Uranium
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formLENS
Materials
GangueSpecularite
Geology
Host rockShale · Dakota Sandstone;Purgatoire Formation
StructureSierra Grande Uplift, Se Limb Of Ne-Trending Syncline
Tectonic settingCentral Platform
AlterationLimonite, Hematite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10011619
MRDS IDD006652
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.34642, -103.93108
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 215.SCOTT, 6.R., 1968, GEOLOGIC AND STRUCTURE CONTOUR MAP OF THE LA JUNTA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND KANSAS: USGS MAP 1-560.