Mine detail: Mystery Lode

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.17529, -105.29363

Resource(B)

Primary: Thorium
Secondary: Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc
Tertiary: Manganese, Gold
Ore: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite, Thorite
Discovery year: 1950

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Wet Mountains
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD008255
DEP10012571
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. AND GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATIONS 1950-52, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290, P. 23, 26}{Deposit:: BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.