Muleshoe Uranium Deposit, La Veta Pass Area, Huerfano County, Colorado, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Muleshoe Uranium Deposit | Deposit |
| La Veta Pass Area | Area |
| Huerfano County | County |
| Colorado | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
37° 36' 45'' North , 105° 9' 45'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| La Veta | 759 (2017) | 18.1km |
| Fort Garland | 433 (2011) | 31.4km |
| Walsenburg | 2,898 (2017) | 33.7km |
| Blanca | 370 (2017) | 36.7km |
| Rye | 156 (2017) | 40.1km |
Mindat Locality ID:
114547
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:114547:5
GUID (UUID V4):
490dc7d4-11bd-42d3-8c23-4ddee1d60b68
REF:Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 183-184.
Deposit:: VINE, J.D., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP AND CROSS SECTIONS OF THE LA VETA PASS, LA VETA, AND RITTER ARROYO QUADRANGL
Commodities (Major) - Vanadium, Uranium
Development Status: Producer
Host Rock Unit: Sangre De Cristo Formation
Structure: Rough Mountain Intrusion, Mount Mestas Intrusion, Sangre De Cristo Mountains Frontal Thrust Fault, Raton Basin Trough
Host Rock: Monzonite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
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1 valid mineral.
Rock Types Recorded
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Tyuyamunite Formula: Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Tyuyamunite | 4.HB.25 | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Tyuyamunite | Ca(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5-8H2O |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America
- Rocky MountainsMountain Range
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Great Plains DomainDomain
- Raton BasinBasin
USA
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