Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formROLL FRONT
Ore controlDeposits Along Interface Between Altered/Unaltered Sand. Alteration In Cuttings Difficult To Detect By Usual Color Changes So Exploration Was Guided By Radiometric Log Interpretation. Uranium Concentrated In Areas Of Rapid Sand Thinning Or At Constriction In Thickest Portion Of Channel Sands. Best Concentrations Usually Where Sands Are 25 To 125 Ft Thick.
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock,Sandstone · Keota And Buckingham Sandstone Members Of The Upper Fox Hills Formation. The Keota Is Continuous Whereas The Buckingham Pinches Out Or Merges With The Keota Member;White River Formation; Tuffaceous Beds Possibly Source Of Uranium
StructureCheyenne Basin, Denver Basin
Tectonic settingCentral Platform, Great Plains
AlterationAlteration Present But Not Detectable By Usual Color Changes In Field Or Cuttings
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
First production1981
Discovery year1978
Identification
Deposit ID10087755
MRDS IDD009072
Alternate namesKeota Project
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.72165, -104.02083
References
KIRKHAM, R.M., O'LEARY, WILLIAM, AND WARNER, J.W., 1980, HYDROGEOLOGIC AND STRATIGRAPHIC DATA PERTINENT TO URANIUM MINING, CHEYENNE BASIN, COLORADO: CGS INFORMATION SERIES 12, 31 P.READE, H.L., 1978, URANIUM DEPOSITS: NORTHERN DENVER-JULESBURG BASIN, COLORADO, UN PRUIT, J.D. AND COFFIN, P.E., EDS., ENERGY RESOURCES OF THE DENVER BASIN: ROCKY MTN ASSOC. GEOLOGISTS GUIDEBOOK, P. 161-171.WYOMING MINERAL CORPORATION, 1978, ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT, KEOTA PROJECT, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO: WYOMING MINERAL CORPORATION, 2 VOLUMES.