Mine detail: O. Tuttle Property

Previously called 'TuttleO. Property'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.27918, -105.27946

Resource(B)

Primary:	Thorium
Secondary:	Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Thorite
Gangue:	Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Discovery year:	1952

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D008923
DEP	10012911
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. 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}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.