Mine detail: General Ike Prospect

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.20723, -105.32974
dep_id: 10012907
mrds_id: D008917
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Thorium, Barium-Barite, REE
Minor mineral: Lead, Gold, Silver
Trace mineral: Strontium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Barite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Thorite
gangue: Fluorite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Mineralized Veins, Primarily At Vein Intersections
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_unit: Andesite
arock_type: Andesite
Structure: Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
disc_yr: 1952
References:
  • 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
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