Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryVanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR, PODS, LENS
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.
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Uraninite
GangueHematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Associated rockRhyolite · Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
StructureThirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin, Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationOxidation; Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1956
Discovery year1956
Identification
Deposit ID10013177
MRDS IDD009323
Alternate namesSpring Valley Deposit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.6014, -105.52891
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 148-149.EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK CONTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.DICKINSON, K.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P. 88-94.NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978