Mine detail: Barite Lode 2

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.14918, -105.34918
dep_id: 10012436
mrds_id: D008067
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper, Silver
Trace mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Surface-Underground
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Thorite
gangue: Barite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Fissures
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Hornblende Gneiss;Migmatite
hrock_type: Gneiss,Migmatite,Granite
Structure: Wet Mountains, Northwest-Trending Fault Zone
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rockies)
disc_yr: 1951
References:
  • NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P. 119
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