| Location: | Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.18251, -105.21974 |
| dep_id: | 10012579 |
| mrds_id: | D008265 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Uranium, Vanadium |
| Trace mineral: | Radium, Thorium, REE, Lead |
| Operation type: | Surface |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Galena, Thorite |
| gangue: | Calcite, Caliche, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite |
| orebody_fm: | Tabular |
| work_type: | Surface |
| model: | 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins |
| alteration: | None; A Limonitic Clay Zone, One Inch Thick, Lies On Both Sides Of Vein |
| ore_ctrl: | Mineralized Veins; Possibly Dike |
| Reporter: | Collins, Donna B. |
| hrock_unit: | Alaskitic Granite Gneiss, Hornblende Gneiss |
| hrock_type: | Gneiss |
| arock_unit: | Lamprophyre Dike |
| arock_type: | Lamprophyre |
| Structure: | Wet Mountains, Dike, Siliceous Vein |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains) |
| Year first produced: | 1953 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1953 |
| disc_yr: | 1951 |
| 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:: 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. 531-532
- Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10X20 UUADRANGLE, SOUTH CENTRAL, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1: 250, 000
- Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHER, 1978
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