Mine detail: Bassier Mine

Previously called 'Bassick Mine?'

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.03002, -105.33224
dep_id: 10010842
mrds_id: D004844
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Thorite
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Faults, Fractures
Reporter: Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Undivided Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Wet Mountains, Rosita Volcanics, Nw-Trending Faults
tectonic: Central Cordillera, Southern Rockies
References:
  • SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000
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