Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryMercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlSilicification, Fracturing, Brecciation Of Sedimentary Rocks Along Los Ochos And Related Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsTorbernite, Uranophane, Uraninite
GangueMarcasite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Morrison Formation;Dakota Sandstone
Associated rockRhyodacite · Early Intermediate-Composition Flows And Breccias
StructureCochetopa Dome; Los Ochos Fault; Razor Creek Dome; Unnamed Fault, San Juan Volcanic Field; Gunnison Uplift
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns); Colorado Platform
AlterationHematite Staining
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013029
MRDS IDD009100
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.30375, -106.76861
References
MALAN, R.C., AND RANSPOT, H.W., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE COCHETOPA MINING DISTRICT, SAGUACHE AND GUNNISON COUNTIES, COLORADO: ECON, GEOLOGY, V. 54, NO. 1, P. 1-19.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. 390-391OLSON, J.C., AND STEVEN, T.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-733U.S. AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. DEB-P-3-1712S OCT 1976 FILE