REF:Deposit:: EKREN, E.B., AND HOUSER, F.N., 1965, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF THE UTE MOUNTAINS AREA, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 481, P. 66.
Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL
Commodities (Major) - Uranium, Vanadium; (Minor) - Copper
Deposit Type: Stratiform
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Junction Creek Sandstone
Structure: Mcelmo Dome, Mcelmo Anticline, Paradox Basin, Blanding Basin, Four Corners Platform, San Juan Basin
Host Rock: Sandstone
Tectonic Structure: Colorado Platform

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

ⓘ Copper

ⓘ Uranium

Mineral List

ⓘ Carnotite

ⓘ Malachite

ⓘ Pintadoite

3 valid minerals.

Rock Types Recorded

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ⓘ Sandstone

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Carnotite

Formula: K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂ · 3H₂O

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Malachite

Formula: Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂

References:

(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.

ⓘ Pintadoite

Formula: Ca₂(V₂O₇) · 9H₂O

References:

Eckel, Edwin Butt , Cobban, Robert R., Mosburg, Shirley K., Foord, Eugene E. (1997) Minerals of Colorado. Fulcrum Publishing.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Carnotite	4.HB.05	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂ · 3H₂O
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Malachite	5.BA.10	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates
ⓘ	Pintadoite	8.FC.15	Ca₂(V₂O₇) · 9H₂O

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Carnotite	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂ · 3H₂O
H	ⓘ Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
H	ⓘ Pintadoite	Ca₂(V₂O₇) · 9H₂O
C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Carnotite	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂ · 3H₂O
O	ⓘ Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
O	ⓘ Pintadoite	Ca₂(V₂O₇) · 9H₂O
K	Potassium
K	ⓘ Carnotite	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂ · 3H₂O
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Pintadoite	Ca₂(V₂O₇) · 9H₂O
V	Vanadium
V	ⓘ Carnotite	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂ · 3H₂O
V	ⓘ Pintadoite	Ca₂(V₂O₇) · 9H₂O
Cu	Copper
Cu	ⓘ Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂
U	Uranium
U	ⓘ Carnotite	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂ · 3H₂O

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Great Plains DomainDomain
Paradox BasinBasin

USA

Colorado PlateauPlateau

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