Mine detail: Thorite Mother Lode

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.17862, -105.31557

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Associated rock:Mafic Syenite Dike
Associated type:Syenite
Structure:Wet Mountains
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD008261
DEP10012576
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. 124}{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. 530-531}{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.