Mine detail: Fair View Lode

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.04668, -105.32974

Resource(B)

Primary: Thorium
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Limonite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form: Tabular
Discovery year: 1953

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Hornblende-Plagio Clase Gneiss;Granite Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss
Associated type:Granite
Structure:Wet Mountains, Rosita Volcanic Center
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD008262
DEP10012577
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. 120}{Deposit:: SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081, 1: 24,000.}{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 BULL. 1072-H, P. 528-531}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.