Mine detail: Pennie Poker

Previously called 'Penny Poker'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.24445, -105.36168

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium, REE
Secondary:	Lead
Ore:	Galena, Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1950

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Hornblende Gneiss Or Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Ne-Trending Fault; Nw-Trending Fault/Vein With 8-12 Inch Gouge On Footwall
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D008257
DEP	10012572
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. 123}{Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., BROCK, M.R., PEARSON, R.C., AND SINGEWALD, Q.O., 1959, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, A PROGRESS REPORT: USGS BULLETIN 1072-H, P. 522, 524}{Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., HEYMAN, A.M., DELLWIG, L.F. AND GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATION 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, 1: 24,000.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.