Description
Juniper Oil And Mining Company
Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryVanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
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. Meanders May Have Helped To Localize Ore
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite, Autunite
GangueCalcite, Gypsum, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockArkose,Tuff · Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
Associated rockRhyolite · Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
StructureEcho Park Graben, Paleovalleys, 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
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10013173
MRDS IDD009319
Alternate namesPonderosa Ore Body, Snooper-Dickson Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.54029, -105.52919
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 147.EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195. 1:62,500.DICKINSON, K.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN 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.MACPHERSON, B.A., 1959, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION RME-1083, 39 P.NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978)