Description
Joint Venture Of Getty Oil Company, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Trend Exploration Limited, During Initial Wide-Spaced Drilling Program
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryVanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formROLL FRONT
Ore controlDeposits Along Interface Between Altered/Unaltered Sand. Alteration In Cuttings Difficult To Detect By Usual Color Changes So Exploration Was Guided By Radiometric Log Interpretation. Uranium Concentrated In Areas Of Rapid Sand Thinning Or At Constriction In Thickest Portion Of Channel Sands. Usually Where Sands Are 25 To 125 Ft Thick
Geology
Host rockSandstone
StructureCheyenne Basin
Tectonic settingCentral Platform, Great Plains
AlterationAlteration Present But Not Detectable In Field By Usual Color Changes
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1971
Identification
Deposit ID10013015
MRDS IDD009073
Alternate namesPawnee Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.63277, -104.04027
References
KIRKHAM, R.M., O'LEARY, W. AND WARNER, J.W., 1980, HYDROGEOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC DATA PERTINENT TO URANIUM MINING, CHEYENNE BASIN, COLORADO: CGS INFORMATION SERIES 12, 31 P.READE, H.L., 1978, URANIUM DEPOSITS: NORTHERN DENVER-JULESBURG BASIN, COLORADO, IN PRUIT, J.D. AND COFFIN, P.E., EOS., ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE DENVER BASIN: ROCKY MTN. ASSOC. GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 161-171