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

MRDS	D008273
DEP	10012586
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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.