Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsUnknown
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 rockCarbonate,Limestone · Calcareous Tufa;Echo Park Formation Is Source Of Mineral Water
Associated rockRhyolite · Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Source Of Uranium
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 ID10013203
MRDS IDD009357
Alternate namesTaylor Soda Springs
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.59529, -105.5253
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 144.EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 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.