Commodities
PrimaryVanadium
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlPermeable Sandstone Underlying Pony Express Limestone
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Entrada Sandstone
StructureParadox Basin, Uncompahgre Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, San Miguel Mtns, Unnamed Fault
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1920
Identification
Deposit ID10014251
MRDS IDD010943
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.00083, -108.02148
References
FISHER, R.P., AND OTHERS, 1947, VANADIUM DEPOSITS NEAR PLACERVILLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCI. SOC. PROC., V. 15, NO. 3, P. 117-146.BUSH, A.L., AND OTHERS, 1959, AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE PLACERVILLE QUADRANGLE, SAN MIGUEL COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1072-E.FISCHER AND OTHERS, 1947, P. 134.