Mine detail: O. Tuttle Property

Location:	Fremont County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.27918, -105.27946
dep_id:	10012911
mrds_id:	D008923
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Thorium
Minor mineral:	Barium-Barite
Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
ore:	Barite, Thorite
gangue:	Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
work_type:	Surface/Underground
model:	30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl:	Mineralized Veins In Shear Zone
Reporter:	Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit:	Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
hrock_type:	Gneiss
arock_unit:	Gabbro
arock_type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Gabbro
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
disc_yr:	1952
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. 23, 26 Deposit:: 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. 525-526 Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000