Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsPitchblende, Uraninite
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Idaho Springs Formation
StructureDenver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Junction Ranch Fault, Cherry Gulch Fault, Bear Creek Shear Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mts.)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1955
Last production1960
Discovery year1955
Identification
Deposit ID10013505
MRDS IDD009849
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.67971, -105.24225
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 194SCOTT, GLENN R., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MORRISON QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAPI-790-A, 1:24,000.KING, R.U., 1964, GRAPEVINE MINE, IN SIMS, P.K., AND SHERIDAN, D.M., GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN THE FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1159, P. 99-100GABLE, D.J., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CRYSTALLINE ROCKS IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE MORRISON QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1251-E