Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeN
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.
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Uraninite
GangueHematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockBentonite,Tuff,Felsic Volcanic Rock · Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
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 statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013192
MRDS IDD009344
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.53473, -105.46614
References
DICKINSON, K.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P 88-94