Mine detail: Thorite Mother Lode

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.17862, -105.31557
dep_id: 10012576
mrds_id: D008261
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Thorite
gangue: Barite, Limonite
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Syenite Dike Replaced By Thorium Mineralization
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Mafic Syenite Dike
arock_type: Syenite
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. 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.
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