Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryVanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formBEDDED, TABULAR
Ore controlJoint Planes, Iron Oxides, Fracturing
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Tyuyamunite
GangueIron, Montmorillonite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Dakota Sandstone
StructureCanon City Embayment, Colorado Front Range, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationThere Is A Cap Of Altered Montmorillonite (?) Over The Dakota Formation
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013365
MRDS IDD009614
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.52362, -105.04306
References
NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B. AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 145.SCOTT, G. R., TAYLOR, R. B., EPIS, R. C., WOBUS, R. A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1: 250,000.