Mine detail: Gold Crown No. 2 Claim

Previously called 'May Day LodeHidden TreasuryGold Crown No. 1'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.02252, -105.1575

Resource(B)

Primary:	Thorium
Secondary:	Barium-Barite
Tertiary:	Uranium
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Feldspar, Limonite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1935

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Migmatitic Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Deer Peak Rhyodacite And Rhyodacite Porphyry
Associated type:	Rhyodacite
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D008268
DEP	10012582
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. 121}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DEER PEAK QUADRANGLE AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-870, 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 BULLETIN 1072-H, P. 528}{Deposit:: REV BY MILS 11-79}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B., Minecom, Beach, Richard A.