Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryVanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlFaults, Fractures, Shear Zone
Geology
Host rockQuartz Monzonite,Granite
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite · Silver Plume Quartz Monzonite
StructurePark Range, Kenosha Mountains, South Park, Elkhorn Thrust, Fault Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1950
Last production1971
Identification
Deposit ID10013826
MRDS IDD010347
Alternate namesJim Dandy Prospect
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.45666, -105.78393
References
GALLAGHER, G.L., 1976, URANIUM FAVORABILITY OF PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE BADGER FLATS-ELKHORN THRUST AREA, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: US ERDA REPORT GJBX-55 (76), 30 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, P. 366NELSON-MOORE, J.L. (1978)