Description
Front Range Uranium Co.
Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeStratiform
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Pitchblende
GangueBarite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Todilto Limestone
StructureThoreau Homocline, Minor Folding
Tectonic settingChaco Slope
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1952
Last production1966
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10014529
MRDS IDD011346
Alternate namesMine: Williams and Thompson, Brown Vandever, Federal Incline
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.35116, -107.9423
References
HILPERT, L.S., 1969, USGS PP 603, P. 36HOLMQUIST, R.J., 1970, USAEC RME-172, P. 105ANDERSON, O.J., 1980, NMBMMR OFR-148MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983, NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1MCLEMORE, V.T., 1983; NMBMMR OFR-183, APPENDIX 1