Mine detail: Lee Jones Ranch

Previously called 'Jones Ranch'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.17445, -105.30668

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Thorium
Ore: Thorite
Discovery year: 1951

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss,Granite
Structure:Wet Mountains, Northwest-Trending Faults, Fissures, Veins
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD008253
DEP10012569
Reference{Deposit:: 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. 122.}{Deposit:: BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596}{Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., HEYMAN, A.M., DELLWIG, L.F. AND GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATIONS 1950-52, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290, P. 22, 26.}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.