Mine detail: Rare Earth Special No 1 and No 2 Claims

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Location

Lat / long:

38.16723, -105.32307

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Fersmannite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1953

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Alaskitic Granite Gneiss And/Or Hornblende Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated type:	Diabase
Structure:	Wet Mountains
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Alteration Present

References

MRDS	D008258
DEP	10012573
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.D., 1959, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, A PROGRESS REPORT: USGS BULLETIN 1072-H, P. 529-530}{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.