Horn Property, Kenosha Pass Area, Park Co., Colorado, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 39° 27' 15'' North , 105° 55' 0'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 39.45417,-105.91666 |
Köppen climate type: | Dfc : Subarctic climate |
REF:Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 367
Deposit:: BRYANT, BRUCE, MCGREW, L.W., WOBUS, R.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DENVER 1 DEG X 2 D
Commodities (Major) - Uranium; (Trace) - REE
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Idaho Springs Formation
Structure: Park Range, Williams Range, Tenmile Range, Large Nw-Trending Faults-Elkhorn Fault
Host Rock: Sandstone, Granite
Tectonic Structure: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
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Paleoproterozoic 1600 - 2500 Ma ID: 2855879 | Felsic and hornblendic gneisses, either separate or interlayered Age: Proterozoic (1600 - 2500 Ma) Description: Includes metabasalt, metatuff, and interbedded metagraywacke; locally contains interlayered biotite gneiss. Derived principally from volcanic rocks Lithology: Major:{gneiss}, Minor:{metabasalt,metagraywacke} 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] |
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