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Ralston Buttes District, Jefferson Co., Colorado, USA


REF:Deposit:: ADAMS, J.W., AND OTHERS, 1953, URANIUM OCCURRENCES IN THE GOLDEN GATE CANYON AND RALSTON CREEK AREAS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS CIRC. 320.
Deposit:: ADAMS, J.W., AND STUGARD, FREDERICK, JR., 1956, WALL-ROCK CONTROL OF CERTAIN PITHBLENDE
Commodities (Major) - Uranium; (Minor) - Copper, Molybdenum; (Trace) - Cobalt, Nickel, Gold, Bismuth, Manganese, Silver, Zinc, Lead
Development Status: Producer
Host Rock Unit: Idaho Springs Formation-Hornblende Gneiss Unit, Hornblende Diorite And Hornblendite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Denver Basin, Idaho Springs-Ralston Shear Zone, Rogers, Hurricane Hill, Junction Ranch, And Livingston Fault Systems (Breccia Reefs)
Host Rock: Hornblendite, Gneiss, Pegmatite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  • Almandine
  • Andalusite
  • Ankerite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Autunite
  • Baryte
  • Bayleyite
  • Biotite
  • Bismuth
  • Bismuthinite
  • Bornite
  • Calcite
  • Chalcanthite
  • Chalcocite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Coffinite
  • Covellite
  • Cuprite
  • Digenite
  • Dolomite
  • Emplectite
  • Epsomite
  • 'Feldspar Group'
  • Fluorite
  • Fourmarierite
  • Galena
  • 'Garnet Group'
  • Glaucodot
  • Gold
    var: Electrum
  • Graphite
  • Grunerite
  • 'Gummite'
  • Gypsum
  • Hematite
  • Hexahydrite ?
  • Johannite
  • Jordisite
  • Liebigite
  • Limonite
  • Magnetite
  • Malachite
  • Marcasite
  • Maucherite
  • Meta-autunite
  • Metatorbernite
  • Metazeunerite
  • Mixite
  • Molybdenite
  • Nickeline
  • Orthoclase
    var: Adularia
  • Pararammelsbergite
  • Phosphuranylite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quartz
       var: Amethyst
  • Rammelsbergite
  • Scheelite
  • Schröckingerite ?
  • 'Sericite'
  • Siderite
  • Silver
  • Skutterudite
  • Spessartine
  • Sphalerite
  • Stromeyerite
  • Swartzite
  • Sylvanite ?
  • Tennantite
  • Tenorite
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Thorite
    var: Uranothorite ?
  • Torbernite
  • 'Tourmaline'
  • Uraninite
       var: Pitchblende
  • Uranophane
  • Uranopilite
  • Woodwardite
  • Zippeite


    81 entries listed. 67 valid minerals.

    Localities in this Region:
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    • Colorado
      • Jefferson Co.
        • Ralston Buttes District
    USA
     
    • Colorado
      • Jefferson Co.
        • Ralston Buttes District

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