The Antero Basin uranium prospect is a mine located in Park county, Colorado.
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Antero Basin uranium prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Antero Basin uranium prospect
Commodity
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Colorado
County: Park
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sandstone U
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Antero syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Clastic Sedimentary Rock
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): MIning claims and a state lease cover 21,000 acres in SW Park County and a small part of Fremont County, about 18 miles south of Hartsel, in secs 23-26, 35, 36, T 14 S, R 76 W; secs 19, 30-32, T 14 S, R 75 W; secs 1, 12-13, 24, T 15 S, R 76 W; secs 5-8, 17-21, 27-34, T 15 S, R 75 W; and secs 4-9, 16-21, T 51 N, R 11 E.
Comment (Geology): Uranium occurs in clastic and volcaniclastic beds in Oligocene Antero Formation.
References
Reference (Deposit): Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.
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