 | | Report (volume) | | . 234 " y { " ,-t .. .~,:",. I " , COLORADO "or.! _ +, (~ STATE OF .~ :'(' COL~ADO /... BULLETIN 40 RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BlaLlllGRAPHY by James L. Nelson-Moore,...Energy COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESUURCES STATE OF COLORADO DENVER, COLORADO 1978...ete 11 st r ng of rad i aaet 1ve occurrences 1n Colorado, with a comprehensive blbi iography and bibliographic...on the Colorado Plateau sparked several periods of exploratIon that ultimately led to a mining "boom ll |  | | Book | | AND COLORADO TABLE OF CONTENTS Page THE PARADOX BASIN OVERVIEW RESOURCES TECTONICS GEOLOGY URAVAN MINERAL...AND MINING AREAS SLICK ROCK DISTRICT GYPSUM VALLEY DISTRICT BULL CANYON DISTRICT URAVAN DISTRICT GATEWAY...GATEWAY DISTRICT (EASTERN GATEWAY AREA) MC ELMO CREEK DRAINAGE AREA LA SAL CREEK AREA PARADOX DISTRICT BEAVER...VALLEY (BIG INDIAN) DISTRICT MOAB DISTRICT GREEN RIVER DISTRICT THOMPSONS DISTRICT INTER-RIVER REGION...VALLEY DISTRICT COTTONWOOD AND BUTLER WASH AREAS MONTEZUMA CANYON DISTRICT SEVEN-MILE CANYON AREA ORE |  | | Report (issue) | | Geochemistry and Mineralogy of the Colorado Plateau Uranium Ores Compiled by ROBERT M. GARRELS and ESPER...provided an unequaled opportunity to investigate the Colorado Plateau uranium ores. This volume summarizes the...Plateau ores. Among the most important are: (1) the carnotite and similar ores that have yielded the great bulk...uranium deposits than those represented on the Colorado Plateau. The general patterns of the oxidation...Introduction. 1 Part 1. Geologic setting of the Colorado Plateau ores, by Alice D. Weeks and R. M. Garrels________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | systems as applied to the interpretation of the Colorado Plateau ore deposits* H. T. EVAXS. Jr. and R....outstanding feature of the uranium ores in the Colorado Plateau sandstones is their high vanadium content...Range in Colorado. uranium is virtually absent’ from the vanadium ore, while in the White Canyon, Green...of western (‘olorado, known appropriately as the Uravan mineral belt (FISHER and HILPEET. 195%), the ores...intensive programme of study and dev-elopment in the Colorado Plateau area sponsored by the Atomic .F:nergy |  | | Report (volume) | | Geophysical Union.. Transactions, American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers _..._ American Journal...Mines Special Reports _.......__ ________ Colorado Mining Association publications . Economic Geology...Geology. _ . _ ___... Engineering and Mining Journal _ , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta _ Bulletin, Geological...of Sedimentary Petrology_...__._ Mines Magazine Mining Engineering ........___..._...._____ Advances in...the areas and subjects are listed under States, "Colorado Plateau," "United States," or under a few subject |  | | Report (issue) | | water; as efflorescences in mines. Association: Carnotite. Distribution: At Minasragra, 46 km from Cerro...deposit, La Rioja Province, Argentina. In the USA, in Colorado, from the Hawkeye, Burro, and Deremo-Snyder...Bitter Creek, Mill No. 1, and Peanut mines, Uravan district, Montrose Co.; at the Corvusite and La Sal...mines, Gateway district, Mesa Co.; and from the Rifle mine, Garfield Co. At the Black Ape mine, Thompsons...Thompsons district, Grand Co., the Crescent No. 3 claim, Crescent Creek, Garfield Co., and the Mi Vida mine, Big |  | Collins, Donley S., Cobban, Robert R., Foord, Eugene E., Murphy, Jack A. (1989) Bibliography for update and revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado -- a 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel, Part A - Paper copy --Bibliography data file disks. Open-File Report Vol. 1989 (89-206) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr89206a | Report (issue) | | Survey Denver, Colorado Department of Geology, Denver Museum of Natural History Denver, Colorado NOTE FOR...revision of U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel By Donley...Prepared in cooperation with Friends of Mineralogy - Colorado Chaptar, and the Denver Museum of Natural History...references dealing with the mineralogy of the state of Colorado. It is part of a more than 10 year effort to update...and revise U.S.G.S. Bulletin 1114, Minerals of Colorado: A 100 year record, by Edwin B. Eckel (1961). |  | | Report (volume) | | sandstonetype uranium deposits: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 1162-C, p. C1-C33, 1963" is accompanied by an annotation...deposits near Lake Sanford, Esse"!{ County, New York: U.S. Geol. Survey Bull. 940-D, p. 99-123, 1943" is not...mineralogic occurrences of base-metal vanadates, and the Colorado Plateau region, where vanadium-uranium deposits...countries, and major geographic units, such as the Colorado Plateau region. "The Statesman's Yearbook," 19651966...See also tangeite. Carnotite, K2(U02),(V04)2·3H20-- __________ do ________ _ Carnotite, cesium analogue |  | | Report (issue) | | the La Sal Quadrangle San Juan County, Utah, and Montrose County, Colorado GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Prepared...the La Sal Quadrangle San Juan County, Utah, and Montrose County, Colorado By WILLIAM D. CARTER and JAMES...Chinle Formation ______________________ _ Glen Canyon Group (lower part) ________ _ Wingate Sandstone...Triassic(?) Series ____ .. _______________ _ Glen Canyon Group (middle part) _______ _ Kayenta Formation...) and Jurassic Systems _________________ _ Glen Canyon Group (upper part) ____________ _ Navajo Sandstone |  | | Report (volume) | | Minerals of Colorado: A 100- Year Record By EDWIN B. ECKEL GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1 1 14 A...knowledge____________________________________ Future of Colorado mineralogy______________________________________...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado ________________________________ In pocket III...mineral localities and metallic mineral deposits of Colorado, has not been included in this reprint. Many of...especially Fischer and others, 1946). MINERALS OF COLORADO: A 100-YEAR RECORD By EDWIN B. EcKEL ABSTRACT |  | | Report (volume) | | Soils and Vegetation in the Yellow Cat Area Grand County, Utah B'Y HELEN L. CANNON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ...Grand County, Utah. 2. Botanical relationships in the McCoy group, Yellow Cat area, Grand County, Utah...Grand County, Utah. Page FIGURE 1. Map showing location of Yellow Cat area, Thompson district, Grand...Grand County, Utah_______________________ 5 2, 3. Distribution of metals from ore to ground surface in openpit...openpit Parko 23-2 mine _______________________________ 18, 19 4. Selenium-uranium ratios in samples |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | and quinquivalentvanadium to form the mineral carnotite. INTRODUCTION STUDIES overthe pastseveralyearshaveshownthat...discussed.No new ionic complexesare introduced. Carnotite, K2(UO2)2V2Os' 1-3HO2, is the only new and we...Magin's data, though,indicatethat in pure water, carnotite slowly hydrolyzesto a colloidalhydrated uranium...and assumingthat if a•o2+•rises above 10-8'1 carnotite, rather than schoepite, will be stable (to give...assumesV40• 4 is the vanadiumion causingprecipitationof carnotite. Barton'sexperimentsconsisted,in part, of a determinationof |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Road Hog No. 1A mine in the southern palt of the Black Hills, Fall River county, s. Dak. uranium and...vanadium-uranium ore from the Peanut mine, Bull Canyon, Montrose County, Colo. The Peanut mine is in the Salt Wash...Thompson from the Parco No. 23 mine, Thompsons district, Grand County, Utah, contained crystals of native...metarossite, montroseite, and corvusite. The Parco No. 23 mine is also in the Salt Wash sandstone member of the...selenium was reported from several carnotite deposits of the Colorado Plateau by Hillebrand, Merwin, and |  | | Report (issue) | | ____________________________________ _ History of mining and production ________________ _ General description...States. FIGURE 1. Map showing location of uranium-mining districts in West-Central United States-------------------------2...--8. Cross sections of roll ore bodies of the Colorado Plateau region_________________________________________...size in sandstone beds of Triassic age in the Colorado Plateau region__ 10. Histogram showing the percentage...deposits in sandstone beds of Triassic age in the Colorado Plateau region_______________________________ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Geophysics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Mobility of uranium with ground water in near surface...minerals. These important uranyl minerals such as carnotite, tyuyamunite, autunite, and uranophane are least...eolean, marine, and fluvial sandstones of the Colorado Plateau. His study demonstrated that primary sedimentation...,¢ <,.~ I i-o I Apexof o\ 1 i o O lo~!~Uravan ,) , Alluvial ~ ~on /o / o ;~ ,,oo I%o~ ...EAST [ I Fig. 3. Sketch map of the Uravan mineral belt, Colorado showing the western edge of the basin |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | vanadium-uranium ore from the Peanut mine, Bull Canyon, Montrose County, Colo. The Peanut mine is in the Salt Wash...Thompson from the Parco No. 23 mine, Thompsons district, Grand County, Utah, contained crystals of native...metarossite, montroseite, and corvusite. The Parco No. 23 mine is also in the Salt Wash sandstone member of the...selenium was reported from several carnotite deposits of the Colorado Plateau by Hillebrand, Merwin, and...rocks using the accessory minerals: Geol,.Soc. Am., Bull..63, 1-118. M,lnnm, JonN P. (1950), Report of the |  | | Report (volume) | | deposits in the Silver City district, Idaho; Comstock Lode and Jarbidge district, Nev.; and Guanajuato, Mexico...with gold and silver are found in the Republic district, Wash., and in Radjang Lebong, Sumatra. The seleniferous...Nev.; San Francisco district, Utah; and the Liberty Bell mine, Telluride district, Colo., all contain...Buckskin Peak, Nev.; the Abbott mine, Calif.; the Lucky Boy mine, Piute County, Utah; and at Guadalcazar,...quicksilver mine the ore consisted almost entirely of tiemannite, and at the De Lamar mine, Silver City |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | II. STUDIES OF SOX{E VANADIUM MINERALS OF THE COLORADO PLATEAUX nI.cr,cor,nrRoss, t/. S. GeologicalSumey...data for line-grainedvanadium minerals from the Colorado Plateau. A descriptionof the crystal habit as...I}-I2HzO], tyuyamunite Ica(uo)rv2o8. 10H2o], carnotite [Kr(uor)rVros 3Hro], and hewettite (CaVoOre9H:O)...multiplying by the proper VANADIUM MINERALS OTI THE COLORADO PLATEAU 325 value of the factor (cos 20")/(cos...Nancy G. Ryan from the Hummer mine, Jo Dandy Group, Xlontrose County, Colorado. The electron micrographs |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PLS. SEPTEMBER 1968 URANIUM EMPLACEMENT IN THE COLORADO PLATEAU (Vice-Presidential Address, Section E...Four hypotheses of uranium emplacement on the Colorado Plateau justify consideration: (1) the hydrothermal...2015 1076 P. F. KERR—URANIUM EMPLACEMENT IN COLORADO PLATEAU Available criteria Absolute-age data...of the Colorado Plateau 3. Uranium mineralization and alteration accompanying faulting 4. Mine adit in...northeast to Arizona on the southwest (Fig. 1). Most mining activity is con- Page Figure 12. Schematic diagram |  | | Book | | mid-1957, of vvhich 70% is in New Mexico, 16% in Colorado, Utah, and Arizona, and 8% in Wyo1ning. These...doubtless the U.S.S.R., likewise established uranium mining industries. These efforts in the Reid and in the...siliceous and Ruoritic types, and the oxidized Colorado Plateau deposits are desc1ibed vvith those that...origin, e.g., Blind River, \i\litwatersrand, and Colorado Plateau. The writer has attempted to present equitably.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colorado Plateau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |  | | Report (issue) | | · as a joint program of the Manhattan Engineer District and its successor, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission...the Central City district and adjoining areas, Gilpin and Clear Creek Counties, ·Colorado, by Paul K. Sims...pitchblende deposits in Golden Gate Canyon, Jefferson County, Colorado, by John W. Adams and Frederick Stugard...to pitchblende-bearing veins at Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, by George W. Walker and Frank W. Osterwald...of the Los Ochos uranium deposit, Saguache County, Colorado, by R. C. Derzay _·- _______ ____ __ __ _------------ |  | | Report (issue) | | W. T. Schaller, Afwillite NMNH 95237 Dutoitspan Mine, Kimber¬ ley, South Africa Dutoitspan Ammonioborite...Geological Survey, 1950) Trinity Anemousite County, California. Contributions to Mineral¬ (discredited...Vonsen, 1920) NMNH 106112 from the Hillside Mine, Yavapai County, Ari¬ L. G. Berry, 1947. Composition and...Aluminocopiapite Utah NMNH K. J. Murata, Trinity County, California M. C. Bandy, 1938. Utah. J. M. Axelrod...93834 Island Mountain, Mountain, from Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona (L. J. Cabri, 1976) Island Group |  | | Report (volume) | | Distribution of Elements in Colorado Plateau Uranium Deposits A Preliminary Report GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Commission 1147-E Distribution of Elements in Colorado Plateau Uranium Deposits A Preliminary Report...*0 the Frenchy Incline deposit, San Miguel County, Colorado TNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE...the Chinle Formation and other formations on the Colorado Plateau_______________________________________...FIGTTBE 1. Tectonic sketch map of part of the Colorado Plateau,_______ 2. Geochemically coherent elements |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | duttonite at the Peanut mine, Montriclinic triclinic triclinic Crystalsystem trose County, Colorado,by Thompson...360(2) a (4) 17.993(9) 18.090(9) 17es(2) b(A) Colorado Plateauby Weeks et al. (1959). No other oc6.28(1)...much better than those given by crystals from the Colorado Plateau localities, but even the best crystals...the microfiche. adate compounds; for example,carnotite (Appleman and Evans, 1965), CsV.Or, and KV,O,...Peruvian crystal gave 0.248. A crystal from the Colorado Plateaugave ratios of 0.234,0.247, 0.240. No other |  | | Report (volume) | | Clay Minerals in the Morrison Formation of the Colorado Plateau By W. D. KELLER GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...1900Clay minerals in the Morrison formation of the Colorado Plateau. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1962...and mineral resources-Colorado Plateau. eralogy-Colorado Plateau. 3. Clay-Colorado Plateau. (Series) 2...member_____________________________________ Westwater Canyon sandstone member____________________________ J..._ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ ___ Lower McElmo Canyon section_ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ __ _ __ __ _ __ __ _ |
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