Commodities
PrimaryVanadium, Uranium
TertiaryZirconium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Thorium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model174: Fluorspar deposits (fluorite veins)
Deposit sizeS
Materials
Ore mineralsCoffinite
GangueFluorite
Geology
Host rockSandstone,Rhyolite · Dakota Sandstone;Purgatoire Formation
Associated rockPhonolite · Silicic Stocks, Sole Injection, Plugs, And Dikes
StructureWet Mtns Uplift, Greenhorn Anticline , Unnamed Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10101946
MRDS IDDC02462
Alternate namesBadito Cone Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates37.77278, -105.01907
References
WRIGHT, R.J., AND EVERHART, D.L., 1960, URANIUM--HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO COUNTY, IN DEL R10, S.M., MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BD., P. 362.BRADY, B.T., 1975, MAP SHOWING FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN COLORADO: USGS MAP MR-70, P. 9.JOHNSON, R.B., 1969, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE TRINIDAD QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP 1-558.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 182.BOYER, R.E., 1961, OCCURRENCE OF RADIOACTIVE FLUORITIC SANDSTONE, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 56, NO. 4, P. 780-783.BASKIN, G.D., 1983, MINERAL INVESTIGATION OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, HUERFANO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USBM MLA 26-83.Ref: Crib #DC02462OWN/OP: Gray Construction Co. 1966