Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR, PODS
Ore controlDeposition Controlled By Ground Water Conditions And Carbonaceous Material With Associated Pyrite. Flow As Impeded By The Fault On The Southern End Of The Ech Park Graben.
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Uraninite
GangueHematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
Associated rockRhyolite · Wall Mountain Tuff Was 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 ID10013194
MRDS IDD009346
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.53557, -105.46586
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 148WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 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.