Description
Joint Venture Of Getty Oil Company, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Trend Exploration Limited, During Initial Wide-Spaced Drilling Program For The Area.
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formROLL FRONT
Ore controlUranium 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. Deposits Along Interface Between Altered/Unaltered Sand. Alteration In Cuttings Was Difficult To Detect So Exploration Was Guided By Radiometric Log Interpretation
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Laramie Formation; Grover Sandstone Member, 0 To 100 Ft Thick;White River Formation; Tuffaceous Beds Possibly Source Of Uranium
StructureCheyenne Basin
Tectonic settingGreat Plains, Central Platform
AlterationAlteration Is Present But Not Detectable In The Field By The Usual Color Changes
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1977
Last production1978
Discovery year1970
Identification
Deposit ID10013016
MRDS IDD009075
Alternate namesGrover Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.8222, -104.26723
References
KIRKHAM, R.M., O'LEARY, W. AND WARNER, J.W., 1980, HYDROGEOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC DATA PERTINENT TO URANIUM MINING, CHEYENNE BASIN, COLORARDO: 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., EDS., ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE DENVER BASIN: ROCKY MTN. ASSOC. GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 161-171.