| Lat / long: | 38.17612, -105.31001 |
| Primary: | Thorium, REE |
| Ore: | Thorite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Galena, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz |
| Orebody form: | TABULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1952 |
| Operation type: | Surface |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| Host rock: | Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss |
| Host type: | Gneiss,Syenite |
| Associated rock: | Biotite Granite |
| Associated type: | Granite |
| Structure: | Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones; Shearing Of Dikes |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains) |
| Alteration processes: | Altered Syenite And Basic Dikes Appear To Be Related To Mineralization |
| MRDS | D008875 |
| DEP | 10012882 |
| 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.20-22}{Deposit:: BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40P. 119} |
| Reporter | Collins, Donna B. |