Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Vanadium
TertiaryCopper, Silver, Lead, Selenium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR, IRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Tyuyamunite
GangueChalcocite, Digenite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Salt Wash Member of Morrison Formation
StructureParadox Basin Fold And Fault Belt, Disappointment Syncline, Dolores Anticline, Dolores Zone Of Faults
Tectonic settingColorado Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10087924
MRDS IDD010921
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.05917, -108.92624
References
CATER, F.W., JR., 1955, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HORSE RANGE MESA QUADRANGLE, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-64.COLEMAN, R.G., AND DELEVAUX, MARYSE, 1957, OCCURRENCE OF SELENIUM IN SULFIDES FROM SOME SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES: ECON. GEOLOGY, V 52, P. 499-527.SHAWE, D.R., AND OTHERS, 1968, STRATIGRAPHY OF SLICK ROCK DISTRICT AND VICINITY, SAN MIGUEL AND DOLORES COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 576-A.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 401.