Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlFaults, Fissures, Fractures
Geology
Host rockGranite
StructureTarryall Mountains, Front Range, Puma Hills, Badger Flats, Badger Flats Fault, Round Mountain Syncline, Elkhorn Thrust
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10013789
MRDS IDD010277
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates39.08056, -105.4328
References
GALLAGHER, G.L., 1976, URANIUM FAVORABILITY OF PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE BADGER FLATS-ELKHORN THRUST AREA, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USERDA REPORT GJBX-55(76), 30 P.HAWLEY, C.C., 1969, GEOLOGY AND BERYLLIUM DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE GEORGE (OR BADGER FLATS) BERYLLIUM AREA, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-A, 44 P.HAWLEY, C.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1977, GENERAL GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE PRECAMBRIAN CRYSTALLINE ROCKS, PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 608-B, 77 P.BRYANT, BRUCE AND WOBUS, R.A., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SW QUARTER OF THE DENVER 1 DEG X 2 DEG QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE MAP 75-340, 1:250,000NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40.