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Custer
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Location
Lat / long:
38.20279, -105.32085
Resource(B)
Primary:
Thorium, Barium-Barite
Ore:
Barite, Thorite
Gangue:
Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Production
Operation type:
Unknown
Production size:
None
Development status:
Prospect
Geology
Host rock:
Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Host type:
Gneiss
Structure:
Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
Tectonic:
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References
MRDS
D008870
DEP
10012879
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. 52
Reporter
Collins, Donna B.