Results of Reconnaissance for Radioactivity in Parts of the Alma District, Park County, Colorado
Description:
Abstract: Pitchblende was discovered in July 1951 in the Alma mining district, Park County, Colo0 , by the U0 S. Geological Survey acting on behalf of the U. So Atomic Energy Commission. The pitchblende is associated with Tertiary veins of three different geologic environments: 1) veins in pre-Cambrian rocks, 2) the London vein system the footwall block of the London fault, and 3) veins in a mineralized area east of the Cooper Gulch fault. Pitchblende is probably not associated with silver-lead…
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Date:
April 1953
Creator:
Pierson, Charles Thomas & Singewald, Q. D.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department