Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formWEDGE
Ore controlSandstone Permeability And Fault Control
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite
GangueIlsemannite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · South Platte Formation
StructureDenver Basin, Front Range Uplift, Golden Fault, Damming Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Platform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1955
Last production1961
Identification
Deposit ID10101826
MRDS IDD009852
Alternate namesMann Mine, Vanadium Queen Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.63416, -105.16947
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, P. 193SCOTT, GLENN R., 1972, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MORRISON QUADRANGLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-790-A, 1:24,000.RICHTER, D.H., 1964, MANN NO. 1 MINE, IN SIMS, P.K., AND SHERIDAN, D.M., GEOLOGY OF URANIUM DEPOSITS IN FRONT RANGE, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1159, P. 104, PL. 5.GOLDSTEIN, E.H., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE DAKOTA FORMATION URANINITE DEPOSIT NEAR MORRISON, COLORADO: ECON, GEOLOGY, V. 52, NO. 7, P. 775-785RICHTER, 1964, P. 102; NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978, P. 193