RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVITY IN THE GOLD HILL MINING AREA, BOULDER COUNTY, COLARADO. Part I

Technical Report · Tue Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1955

OSTI ID:4323756

Campbell, R H

Several radioactive deposits were found as a result of reconnaissance in the Gold Hill mining area, Boulder Co., Colo. The ore deposits of the area have been worked chiefly for gold. All ore shipped has come from fissure veins, most of which are gold telluride veins. There are some important sulfide veins which show a vague zonal distribution of pyritic gold ores and silverlead ores. The results of this reconnaissance suggest a possible relationship of tbe radioactive deposits to this indistinct sulfide zoning; however, the zoning is so obscure that its practical application to prospecting for uranium is of doubtful value at the present time. Pitchblende, torbernits, metatorbernite, and schroeckingerite have been identified in specimens from the area; however, no uranium minerals have yet been identificd from most of the radioactive deposits, and the uraniferous material present is probably in disseminated small particles, Although selected samples from several localities assay 0.10% uranium or more, the known deposits are small and probably are not of immediate economic importance. (auth)

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.
• NSA Number: NSA-12-015513
• OSTI ID: 4323756
• Report Number(s): TEM-563A
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

DEPOSITS
DIFFUSION
DISTRIBUTION
GOLD
HONING
IRON SULFIDES
LEAD COMPOUNDS
MINERALOGY, METALLURGY, AND CERAMICS
MINING
PITCHBLENDE
PROSPECTING
PYRITE
RADIOACTIVITY
SCHROECKINGERITE
SILVER COMPOUNDS
SULFIDES
TELLURIDES
TORBERNITE
URANINITES
URANIUM DIOXIDE
URANIUM MINERALS