Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlFracturing In Footwall Of Chester Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsUranophane
GangueHematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite · Harding Quartzite;Manitov Dolomite
StructureSawatch Range, San Juan Volcanic Field, Chester Fault, Indian Creek Syncline, Indian Creek Anticline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationIron And Manganese Oxides
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10013133
MRDS IDD009246
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.42639, -106.30393
References
WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM--MARSHALL PASS DISTRICT, IN DEL RIO, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO--FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO STATE MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 357-359.OLSON, J.C., 1977, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF PART OF THE PAHLONE PEAK QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, SAGUACHE, AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPT. 77-325.RANSPOT, H.W., 1958, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE INDIAN CREEK AREA, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: UNIV. COLORADO M.S. THESISNELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 175