Uraninite-bearing contact metamorphic deposits, Heaths Peak, Carbon County, Wyoming

Economic Geology
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Abstract

Deposits that contain uraninite and sulfide minerals at Heaths Peak, Carbon County, Wyo., display a zoned distribution of metals from the edge of granite into adjacent metamorphic rocks. The metallic minerals -- uraninite, molybdenite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, pyrrhotite, and marcasite -- are concentrated on the undersides of metamorphosed roof pendants. At the Little Man mine, deposition was related to a small cupola projecting into the central part of an elongate pendant. The host rocks and the deposits are of Precambrian age.

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Harshman, E., Bell, K., 1970, Uraninite-bearing contact metamorphic deposits, Heaths Peak, Carbon County, Wyoming: Economic Geology, v. 65, no. 7, p. 849-855, https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.65.7.849.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Uraninite-bearing contact metamorphic deposits, Heaths Peak, Carbon County, Wyoming
Series title Economic Geology
DOI 10.2113/gsecongeo.65.7.849
Volume 65
Issue 7
Publication Date November 01, 1970
Year Published 1970
Language English
Publisher Society of Economic Geologists
Contributing office(s) Denver Federal Center
Description 7 p.
First page 849
Last page 855
Country United States
State Wyoming
County Carbon County
Other Geospatial Heaths Peak
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