Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryVanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
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. Cracks In The Flows Under The Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate Have A High Radioactivity Count And Autunite.
Geology
Host rockConglomerate,Tuff · Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
Associated rockRhyolite · Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
StructureEcho Park Graben, Paleo Valleys, Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationOxidation; Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay;
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10013172
MRDS IDD009318
Alternate namesCap Rock 40, Cap Rock Claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.53945, -105.47419
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40,P. 145.WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES. COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179. 1:62,500.DICKINSON, K.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THEMOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P. 88-94.BABCOCK, J.A., 1980, TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, P. 15-31.NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978