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

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.16723, -105.32307
dep_id: 10012573
mrds_id: D008258
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Thorite
gangue: Barite, Calcite, Fersmannite, Limonite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
alteration: Alteration Present
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Veins, Faults
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Alaskitic Granite Gneiss And/Or Hornblende Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Diabase
Structure: Wet Mountains
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
disc_yr: 1953
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. 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
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