Mine detail: Barium Lode

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.2214, -106.33838

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Thorium
Secondary: Radium
Gangue: Garnet, Hematite, Jasper, Specularite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Gneiss And Schist
Host type:Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:Potosi Volcanic Series;Bonanza Volcanic Pile
Associated type:Quartz Latite,Latite,Andesite
Structure:Bonanza Volcanic Field, San Juan Volcanic Field, Bonanza Caldera Radial Faults; Jacks Cr. Volcanic Center
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
Alteration processes:Jasperization, Iron Oxides

References

MRDSD008273
DEP10012586
Reference{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 388.}{Deposit:: BROWN, L.J., AND MALAN, 1966, U.S. AEC PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORTS ON REPORTED OCCURRENCES OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, COLORADO, SAGUACHE COUNTY: PB-172 567.}{Deposit:: BRUNS, D.L., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE MOUNTAIN NE QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-1367.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.