Mine detail: Starbuck Claim

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Location

Lat / long: 38.20001, -105.32085

Resource(M)

Primary: Thorium, REE
Secondary: Gold
Ore: Gold, Thorite
Gangue: Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR PIPELIKE
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:Schist,Gneiss
Structure:Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDSD008865
DEP10012877
Reference{Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., HEYMAN, A.M., DELLWIG, L.F, AND GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATIONS 1950-52, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290, P. 23, 27-28.}{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. 525-526.}
ReporterCollins, Donna B.