Mac George Prospect (Mac George No. 4; Tedco and MacGeorge; Yellow Queen), Kenosha Pass Area, Park Co., Colorado, USA
| Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 39° 26' 35'' North , 105° 47' 15'' West |
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| Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 39.44305,-105.78750 |
| Köppen climate type: | Dfc : Subarctic climate |
REF:Deposit:: GALLAGHER, G.L., 1976, URANIUM FAVORABILITY OF PRECAMBRIAN ROCKS IN THE BADGER FLATS-ELKHORN THRUST AREA, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: US EROA REPORT GIBX-55(76), 30 P.
Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE AND WOBUS, R.A., 1975, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC
Commodities (Major) - Uranium; (Minor) - Vanadium
Development Status: Past Producer
Structure: Park Range, Kenosha Mountains, South Park, Elk Horn Thrust Fault, Nw-Trending Faults
Host Rock: Granite, Quartz Monzonite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
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| Mesoproterozoic 1000 - 1600 Ma ID: 2979178 | Granitic rocks of 1400-m.y. age group Age: Mesoproterozoic (1000 - 1600 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Silver Plume Granite; Sherman Granite; Cripple Creek Granite; St. Kevin Granite; Vernal Mesa Granite; Curecanti Granite; Eolus Granite; Trimble Granite Description: Includes Silver Plume, Sherman, Cripple Creek, St. Kevin, Vernal Mesa, Curecanti, Eolus, and Trimble Granites or Quartz Monzonites; also, San Isabel Granite of Boyer (1962) and unnamed granitic rocks Lithology: Major:{alkali feldspar granite,granite}, Minor:{quartz monzonite} 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] |
| Paleoproterozoic 1600 - 2500 Ma ID: 3186950 | Paleoproterozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Proterozoic (1600 - 2500 Ma) Lithology: Orthogneiss/paragneiss 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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