Mine detail: Sunset Lode

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.23279, -105.34168

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss,Migmatite
Associated rock:	Lamprophyre
Associated type:	Lamprophyre
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D008864
DEP	10012876
Reference	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. 525-52
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.