Commodities
PrimaryVanadium, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model204: Sandstone U
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENS
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Conglomerate · "Farista Formation", "Farisita Formation"
StructureRaton Basin Trough, La Veta Syncline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
AlterationFe Oxidation
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1955
First production1955
Last production1955
Identification
Deposit ID10016547
MRDS IDDC01460
Alternate namesBuckhorn, Mitzy, Security Exploration Co. Claim, M.P. Nos. 1-9, Virginia-Verna
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates37.87613, -105.2464
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 182.JOHNSON, R.B., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1071-D.NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978