Mine detail: Mystery Lode

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.17529, -105.29363
dep_id: 10012571
mrds_id: D008255
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Minor mineral: Lead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Zinc
Trace mineral: Manganese, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Rhodochrosite, Sphalerite, Thorite
work_type: Unknown
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Vein, Shear Zone; All Trend Nw
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Wet Mountains
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
disc_yr: 1950
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:: 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
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