Mine detail: Barite Lode 2

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Location

Lat / long:

38.14918, -105.34918

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Secondary:	Lead, Copper, Silver
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Hornblende Gneiss;Migmatite
Host type:	Gneiss,Migmatite,Granite
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Northwest-Trending Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rockies)

References

MRDS	D008067
DEP	10012436
Reference	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
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.