Mine detail: Lucky Find Claim

Previously called 'Lucky Strike'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.1839, -105.33057

Resource(B)

Primary: Barium-Barite, Thorium
Secondary: Copper
Ore: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Thorite
Gangue: Quartz
Orebody form: TABULAR, POD-LIKE
Discovery year: 1950

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Hornblende Gneiss, Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Diabase And Nonporphyritic Basalt
Associated type:Diabase,Lamprophyre
Structure:Wet Mountains
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD008254
DEP10012570
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:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., HEYMAN, A.M., DELLWIG, L.F., GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATIONS 1950-52, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290, P. 23-26.}{Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., BROCK, M.R., PEARSON, R.C. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1959, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, A PROGRESS REPORT: USGS BULLETIN 1072-H, P. 524.}{Deposit:: BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596, 1: 24,000}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.