Mcelmo Creek Area

Montezuma County, Colorado, United States

Carbon DioxideNatural GasPetroleum (Oil)UraniumVanadiumCopperSilverManganeseGold

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Commodities

PrimaryCarbon Dioxide, Natural Gas, Petroleum (Oil)

SecondaryUranium, Vanadium

TertiaryCopper, Silver, Manganese, Gold

Commodity typeB

Deposit

Deposit sizeS

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Ore controlFractures And Favorable Permeability In Subsurface Clastics And Carbonates In Mcelmo Structural Dome (Gas, Co2); Carbonized Plant Detritus In Mudstone Conglomerate Channel-Fill (Karla Kay Mine); Permeable Sandstone Along Bounding Normal Faults In Graben (Cliff House Prospects)

Materials

Ore mineralsCarnotite, Chalcopyrite

GangueAnalcime, Barite, Chabazite, Chrysocolla, Gypsum, Hematite, Heulandite, Limonite, Malachite, Marcasite, Natrolite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Stilbite, Tenorite

Geology

Host rockShale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Limestone,Dolomite · Entrada Sandstone, Summerville And Morrison Formations;Burro Canyon Formation And Mancos Shale

Associated rockQuartz Monzonite,Diorite,Gabbro,Lamprophyre · Diorite Porphyry;Granodiorite Porphyry

StructureParadox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin, Domes: Ute, Mcelmo, Sentinel Peak, Towaoc; Stocks: Ute Peak, Black Mountain, The Knees; Bysmaliths: Mable Mountain, Sentinel Peak, West Toe; Laccolith Clusters: Yucca, Sun Dance, West Toe; Sill Cluster: Pine Creek; Laccoliths: Banded, East Horse, Flat, Horse Mountain, Irwin, Last Spring, Mushroom, North Black Mountain, North Ute Peak, Pack Trail, Razorback, Sundance, The Buttes, Three Forks, Tongue, Trapdoor

Tectonic settingColorado Platform

AlterationSee Comments

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

Identification

Deposit ID10014208

MRDS IDD010878

Alternate namesUte Mountains Area, Mcelmo Field

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates37.2839, -108.77845

References

EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.M., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, 74 P.NELSON-,OORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 281-282.COFFIN, R.C., 1920, RADIUM, URANIUM, AND VANADIUM DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: CGS BULL. 16, P. 144, 215-216, 221,225.SHOEMAKER, E.M., AND NEWMAN, W.L., 1953, UTE MOUNTAINS, A LACCOLITHIC FEATURE IN SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO (ABS.): GSA BULL., V. 64, NO. 12, PT. 2, P. 1555.CROSS, WHITMAN, 1894, THE LACCOLITHIC MOUNTAIN GROUPS OF COLORADO, UTAH, AND ARIZONA: USGS 14TH ANN. REPT., PT. 2, P. 211-214HAYNES, D.D., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CORTEZ QUADRAMGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS MAP I-629.EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N, 1957, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SENTINEL PEAK NW QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-132.EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SENTINEL PEAK NE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-224.EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOQUI SE QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-221.ELREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1959, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CORTEZ SW QUADRANGLE, MONTEZUMA COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-217.NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978 (U3O8 AND V2O5); COLORADO OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMM. ANN. PRODUCTION RECORDS (GAS, CO2, OIL)