Preliminary report on radioactive conglomerates of Middle Precambrian age in the Sierra Madre and Medicine Bow Mountains of southeastern Wyoming
Open-File Report
77-574
By: Robert Stroud Houston, P. J. Graff, K. E. Karlstrom, and Forrest Root
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Abstract
Middle Precambrian miogeosynclinal metasedimentary rocks o# the Sierra Madre and Medicine Bow Mountains of southeastern Wyoming contain radioactive quartz-pebble conglomerates of possible economic interest. These conglomerates do not contain ore-grade uranium in surface outcrops, but an earlier report on the geochemistry of the Arrastre Lake area of the Medicine Bow Mountains shows that ore-grade deposits may be present in the subsurface.
This report describes the stratigraphy of the host metasedimentary rocks and the stratigraphic setting of the radioactive conglomerates in both the Sierra Madre and Medicine Bow Mountains, and compares these rock units with those of the Blind River-Elliot Lake uranium district in Canada. The location of radioactive .conglomerates is given so that further exploration may be undertaken by interested parties.
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Houston, R.S., Graff, P.J., Karlstrom, K.E., Root, F., 1977, Preliminary report on radioactive conglomerates of Middle Precambrian age in the Sierra Madre and Medicine Bow Mountains of southeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-574, Report: ii, 15 p.; 2 Plates: 18.49 × 24.25 inches and 27.56 × 19.19 inches, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr77574.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
Study Area
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Preliminary report on radioactive conglomerates of Middle Precambrian age in the Sierra Madre and Medicine Bow Mountains of southeastern Wyoming |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 77-574 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr77574 |
| Year Published | 1977 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | Report: ii, 15 p.; 2 Plates: 18.49 × 24.25 inches and 27.56 × 19.19 inches |
| Country | United States |
| State | Wyoming |
| Other Geospatial | Sierra Madre and Medicine Bow Mountains |