Mine detail: Swartz Ranch

Previously called 'Iron QueenD.P. Van Nouhuys Property'

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.14751, -105.33168
dep_id: 10012575
mrds_id: D008260
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Vermiculite, Thorium, REE
Trace mineral: Uranium, Beryllium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Bertrandite, Thorite
gangue: Hematite, Limonite, Vermiculite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
alteration: Silicification
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Veins, Shear Zones; Dike
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Hornblende Gneiss, Gabbroic Gneiss, Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Wet Mountains, Shear Zone
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
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. 120
  • Deposit:: BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596
  • 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.24, 29.
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