Dickson - Snooper Mine (Ponderosa Ore Body; Snooper-Dickson Mine), Tallahassee Creek Mining District, Fremont County, Colorado, USAi
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Dickson - Snooper Mine (Ponderosa Ore Body; Snooper-Dickson Mine) | Mine |
Tallahassee Creek Mining District | Mining District |
Fremont County | County |
Colorado | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 32' 2'' North , 105° 32' 21'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Coaldale | 255 (2011) | 26.7km |
Howard | 723 (2011) | 27.4km |
Cañon City | 16,400 (2013) | 27.8km |
Lincoln Park | 3,546 (2011) | 30.1km |
Brookside | 246 (2017) | 33.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Canon City Geology Club | Canon City, Colorado | 28km |
Columbine Gem and Mineral Society | Salida, Colorado | 40km |
Mindat Locality ID:
112958
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:112958:1
GUID (UUID V4):
51d73bd6-d0fd-402d-b011-eeeb69d77bea
REF:Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 147.
Deposit:: EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUA
Commodities (Major) - Uranium; (Minor) - Vanadium
Development Status: Producer
Host Rock Unit: Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
Structure: Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin, Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys
Host Rock: Arkose, Conglomerate, Tuff
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
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1 valid mineral.
Rock Types Recorded
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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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ⓘ | Uraninite | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Rocky MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Great Plains DomainDomain
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