Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENTICULAR, TABULAR
Ore controlCarbonaceous, Altered Sandstone Near Faults And Fractures And In Permeable Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Tyuyamunite
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Sandstone · Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
StructureParadox Basin, Paradox Fold And Fault Belt, Glade Zone Of Faults, Dolores Anticline, Glade Graben, Sage Plain Terrace
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
AlterationAlteration Of Pyrite To Limonite; Calcitization; Carbonation Of Plant Detritus
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10014213
MRDS IDD010883
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.81222, -108.79178
References
SHAWE, D.R., AND OTHERS, 1968, STRATIGRAPHY OF SLICK ROCK DISTRICT AND VICINITY, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-A, 108 P.SHAWE, D.R., 1970, STRUCTURE OF THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT AND VICINITY, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-C, 18 P.SHAWE, D.R., 1976, SEDIMENTARY ROCK ALTERATION IN THE SLICK ROCK DISTRICT, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-D, 51 P.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978. RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 129HAYNES, D.D., AND OTHERS, 1972, GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE CORTEZ QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND UTAH: USGS MAP I-629.NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978