Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeS
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Idaho Springs Formation-Hornblende Gneiss Unit;Idaho Springs Formation-Microcline-Quartz-Plagioclase-Biotite Unit
Associated rockPegmatite · Granitic Pegmatite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Hurricane Hill Fault System
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mts.)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10013713
MRDS IDD010152
Alternate namesNare Lease
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.76832, -105.27725
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 194SHERIDAN, DOUGLAS M. AND OTHERS, 1967, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE RALSTON BUTTES DISTRICT, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 520.SHERIDAN AND OTHERS (1967), P. 75