Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite
SecondaryUranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlQuartz Veins And Fractures
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite
GangueGarnet, Limonite, Quartz
Other materialsFluorite
Geology
Host rockGneiss,Pegmatite · Migmatitic Gneiss
Associated rockPegmatite · Pegmatites, Possibly Related To Quartz Monzonite Of Silver Plume Age
StructureWet Mountains, Texas Creek Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
AlterationHighly Weathered
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10097850
MRDS IDD009468
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.44973, -105.60475
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 152-153.TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COTOPAXI 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-900, 1:62,500.