Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnknown
Orebody formIRREGULAR, TABULAR, LENTICULAR
Ore controlCoal, Carbonaceous Material; Shale Layers Confining Host Rock
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite, Uraninite
GangueGypsum, Jarosite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockBlack Shale,Evaporite · Morrison Formation, Near Base Of Formation
StructureCanon City Embayment, Southern Colorado Front Range, Local Folding; Large, Nnw-Trending Syncline
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10101808
MRDS IDD009631
Alternate namesDilley Ranch
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.54057, -105.2264
References
NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B. AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 147SCOTT, G. R., TAYLOR, R. B., EPIS, R. C. AND WOBUS, R. A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1: 250,000NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS (1978)