Tanner Boy Group

The Tanner Boy Group is a uranium mine located in Fremont county, Colorado at an elevation of 7,598 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Tanner Boy Group

State:  Colorado

County:  Fremont

Elevation: 7,598 Feet (2,316 Meters)

Commodity: Uranium

Lat, Long: 38.39167, -105.32028

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Tanner Boy Group MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Tanner Boy Group
Secondary: Red Hills Group


Commodity

Primary: Uranium


Location

State: Colorado
County: Fremont
District: Grape Creek Area


Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Interior Plains
Physiographic Province: Great Plains Province
Physiographic Section: Colorado Piedmont


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Northern Wet Mountains, Canon City Embayment

Type: L
Description: Ew-Trending Faults, Webster Park Graben, Ilse Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Altered Biotite Gneisses; Kaolinization


Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Location): NORTH OF JENNINGS GULCH ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1976)

Comment (Deposit): NEAR THE JOKER MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT


References

Reference (Deposit): NELSON-MOORE, J. L., COLLINS, D. B. AND HORNBAKER, A. L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 152.

Reference (Deposit): TAYLOR, R. B., SCOTT, G. R., WOBUS, R. A. AND EPIS, R. C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1: 62,500.

Reference (Deposit): DMEA RECORDS


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