Sedimentary rock alteration in the Slick Rock district, San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado /
Epigenetic alteration of sedimentary rocks was spatially and temporally related to deposition of uranium-vanadium ores. Mineralogic and chemical characteristics and distribution of altered rocks suggest that uranium- and vanadium-bearing pore waters that were expelled from compacted Upper cretaceous...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Geological Survey professional paper ;
576-D. Geologic investigations in the Slick Rock District, San Miguel and Dolores Counties, Colorado. |
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| Summary: | Epigenetic alteration of sedimentary rocks was spatially and temporally related to deposition of uranium-vanadium ores. Mineralogic and chemical characteristics and distribution of altered rocks suggest that uranium- and vanadium-bearing pore waters that were expelled from compacted Upper cretaceous Mancos Shale in early Tertiary time accoounted for the alteration of sedimentary rocks and formation of the ores in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. |
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| Item Description: | Prepared on behalf of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. |
| Physical Description: | v, 51 pages : illustrations (2 folded in pocket) ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: pages 50-51. |