Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR, PODS
Ore controlCarbonaceous Material Deposition Controlled By Ground Water Flow Conditions And Carbonaceous Material With Associated Pyrite, Flow Was Possibly Impeded By Faults
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite
GangueHematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Conglomerate
Associated rockRhyolite · Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
StructureThirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Paleovalleys Along Fourmile Creek And Its Adjacent Fault; High Park Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationOxidation, Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10013196
MRDS IDD009348
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.00003, -105.27557
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 143-153.DICKINSON, K.A., 19818 GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P. 88-94.WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, 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.