Mine detail: General Ike Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

38.20723, -105.32974

Resource(B)

Primary:	Thorium, Barium-Barite, REE
Secondary:	Lead, Gold, Silver
Tertiary:	Strontium
Ore:	Barite, Galena, Gold, Silver, Thorite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
Discovery year:	1952

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D008917
DEP	10012907
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
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.