Colorado · Fremont County
Past Producer

Barbara Claims

Fremont County, Colorado, United States
Uranium
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR, PODS
Ore controlDeposition Controlled By Ground Water Flow Conditions And Carbonaceous Material With Associated Pyrite. Flow Was Impeded By The Fault On The Southern End Of The Echo Park Graben. Many Petrified Logs Present.
Materials
GangueHematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockConglomerate · Tallahassee Creek Formation
Associated rockRhyolite · Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Source Of Uranium
StructureThirty-Nine Mile Volcanic Field Currant Creek Basin, Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationDeposit Is Oxidized Except Around The Mineralized Tree
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10013171
MRDS IDD009317
Alternate namesOliver No. 1 Claim, True Blue No. 1 Claim, True Blue Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.5164, -105.46864
References
NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978)