Colorado · Larimer County
Occurrence
Sheep Creek Prospect
Larimer County, Colorado, United States
Uranium
Thorium
REE
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Commodities
Primary
Uranium, Thorium, REE
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Other
Deposit size
N
Materials
Ore minerals
Monazite
Gangue
Sphene
Geology
Host rock
Granite · Sherman Granite
Associated rock
Granite · Sherman Granite
Structure
Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10013872
MRDS ID
D010407
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
40.94997, -105.73367
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 210