Mine detail: Sunshine Valley Lode

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.17445, -105.35057

Resource(M)

Primary: Thorium
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1953

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Hornblende Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Structure:Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Veins
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD008259
DEP10012574
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.531}{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.}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.