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Colorado Plateau Uranium - Uravan, Henry Mountains, Slick Rock, Rifle, Bull Canyon, Grants District, Temple Mountains, Lisbon Valley, White Canyon, Monument Valley,
USA
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The most recent source geological information used to prepare this description was dated: 1990.    
This description is a summary from published sources, the chief of which are listed below.
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    Selected References
Hansley P L, Spirakis C S  1992 - Organic matter diagenesis as the key to a unifying theory for the genesis of tabular Uranium-Vanadium deposits in the Morrison Formation, Colorado Plateau: in    Econ. Geol.   v87 pp 352-365
Northrop H R, Goldhaber M B, Landis G P, Unruh J W, Reynolds R J, Campbell J A, Wanty R B, Grauch R I, Whitney G, Rye R O  1990 - Genesis of the tabular-type Vanadium-Uranium deposits of the Henry Basin, Utah: in    Econ. Geol.   v85 pp 215-269
Sanford R F  1992 - A new model for tabular-type Uranium deposits: in    Econ. Geol.   v87 pp 2041-2055
Sanford R F  1994 - A quantitative model of ground-water flow during formation of tabular sandstone Uranium deposits: in    Econ. Geol.   v 89 pp 341-360
Wanty R B, Goldhaber M B, Northrop H R  1990 - Geochemistry of Vanadium in an epigenetic, sandstone-hosted Vanadium-Uranium deposit, Henry Basin, Utah: in    Econ. Geol.   v85 pp 270-284


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