Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsTorbernite, Uranophane
Geology
Host rockMica Schist · Metasedimentary Rocks--Quartz-Mica Schist;Pegmatite
Associated rockTonalite,Pegmatite · Pegmatite;Tonalite (Quartz Diorite)
StructureFront Range Uplift, Thompson Canyon Fault, Mt Olympus Batholith, Ne-Trending Folds
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
AlterationU Mineral Alteration
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1956
Identification
Deposit ID10101852
MRDS IDD010386
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.57609, -105.43031
References
THURSTON, W.R., 1955, PEGMATITES OF THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1011, 185 P., 13 PLS.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 209.NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978