Mine detail: Charleston Property

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.12084, -105.31113
dep_id: 10012883
mrds_id: D008877
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Thorite
gangue: Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Veins Along Shear Zones
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Plutonic Rock
Structure: Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
References:
  • 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. 25.
  • Deposit:: SHARP, W.N., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SILVER CLIFF AND ROSITA VOLCANIC CENTERS, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1081
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