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Title: National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Pueblo Quadrangle, Colorado

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7066962

Twelve favorable areas are defined in sedimentary rocks and one in igneous rocks in the Pueblo 1/sup 0/ x 2/sup 0/ Quadrangle, Colorado. All the sedimentary environments are favorable for the sandstone type (class 240) and in addition Area G could be favorable for the syngenetic phosphorite type (class 140). Two favorable areas are believed favorable for subclass 242 roll-type deposits that are similar to Texas coastal plain environments; three areas are favorable for deposits of subclass 243, peneconcordant deposits in discrete channels; three areas are favorable for deposits of subclass 244, peneconcordant deposits that are not in discrete channels; and two areas are favorable for either class 243 or class 244 or both. Unfavorable areas lacked evidence of one of the requisites for uranium mineralization or for preservation of a deposit if it formed. These areas included the following groups of rocks: Quaternary sedimentary, Tertiary sedimentary, Tertiary volcanic, Mesozoic sedimentary, Paleozoic sedimentary and Precambrian igneous.

Research Organization:
Geological Survey, Golden, CO (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AI13-78GJ01686
OSTI ID:
7066962
Report Number(s):
PGJ/F-075-82; ON: DE82021153
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Includes 13 sheets of 24x reduction microfiche. Portions of document are illegible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English