Mine detail: Lee Jones Ranch

Previously called 'Jones Ranch'

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.17445, -105.30668
dep_id: 10012569
mrds_id: D008253
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Thorium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Thorite
work_type: Surface
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Faults And Veins
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss,Granite
Structure: Wet Mountains, Northwest-Trending Faults, Fissures, Veins
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
disc_yr: 1951
References:
  • 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.
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