Mine detail: Fair View Lode

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.04668, -105.32974
dep_id: 10012577
mrds_id: D008262
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Minor mineral: Barium-Barite
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Thorite
gangue: Limonite, Quartz, Siderite
orebody_fm: Tabular
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Faults, Fractures, Shears;
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Hornblende-Plagio Clase Gneiss;Granite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Wet Mountains, Rosita Volcanic Center
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. 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
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