Mine detail: Barium Lode

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Location: Saguache County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.2214, -106.33838
dep_id: 10012586
mrds_id: D008273
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Thorium
Minor mineral: Radium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Garnet, Hematite, Jasper, Specularite
alteration: Jasperization, Iron Oxides
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Gneiss And Schist
hrock_type: Schist,Gneiss
arock_unit: Potosi Volcanic Series;Bonanza Volcanic Pile
arock_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.)
References:
  • 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.
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