Colorado · Cheyenne County
Occurrence

Unnamed Uranium Occurrence

Cheyenne County, Colorado, United States
Uranium
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlOrganic Material
Geology
Host rockShale
StructureDenver Basin, Las Animas Arch, N-Trending Anticline
Tectonic settingCentral Platform
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10018173
MRDS IDDC05003
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.71558, -102.58216
References
LANDIS, E.R., 1959, RADIOACTIVITY AND URANIUM CONTENT, SHARON SPRINGS MEMBER OF THE PIERRE SHALE, KANSAS AND COLORADO: USGS BULLETIN 1046-L, P. 299-319.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 93-95.SHARPS, J.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LAMAR QUADRANGLE, COLORADO AND KANSAS: USGS MAP I-944, 1:250000CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 1,62