McIntire Property, La Veta Pass Area, Huerfano Co., Colorado, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 37° 41' 27'' North , 105° 15' 28'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 37.69083,-105.25777 |
KΓΆppen climate type: | Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate |
REF:Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 183.
Deposit:: JOHNSON, R.B., 1959, GEOLOGY OF THE HUERFANO PARK AREA, HUERFANO AND CUSTER COUNTIES,
Commodities (Major) - Vanadium, Uranium; (Trace) - Copper
Development Status: Past Producer
Host Rock Unit: Farisita Conglomerate
Structure: Malachite Syncline, Palo Duro And Related Thrust Faults (Sangre De Cristo Thrust Complex), Sangre De Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif, Raton Basin Trough
Host Rock: Sandstone, Shale
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Commodity List
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8 valid minerals.
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Permian - Pennsylvanian 252.17 - 323.2 Ma ID: 2813713 | Sangre de Cristo Fm Age: Paleozoic (252.17 - 323.2 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Sangre de Cristo Formation Description: Arkosic conglomerate, sandstone, and siltstone Lithology: Major:{conglomerate,sandstone,siltstone} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
Permian - Devonian 252.17 - 419.2 Ma ID: 3190144 | Paleozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Paleozoic (252.17 - 419.2 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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