Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR, PODS
Ore controlCarbonaceous Material
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Uraninite
GangueHematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Associated rockRhyolite · Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
StructureThirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Paleochannels Along Fourmile Creek And Its Adjacent Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationOxidation; Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013193
MRDS IDD009345
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.7225, -105.28224
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 454.WOBUS, R.A., EPSI, 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: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P. 88-94.