| Lat / long: | 38.30084, -105.32557 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite, Lead |
| Tertiary: | Thorium, Uranium |
| Ore: | Barite, Galena, Thorite |
| Gangue: | Fluorite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1951 |
| Operation type: | Surface-Underground |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Last production ended: | 1951 |
| 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) |
| Alteration processes: | Silicification Locally |
| MRDS | D008925 |
| MAS | 80430050 |
| DEP | 10012912 |
| 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, 29}{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:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ROYAL GORGE QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-869, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: MAS FILE 1976 (only ref. cited in deleted/merged record 10288268=0080430050)} |
| Reporter | Collins, Donna B., Minecom, Wilson, Anna B. |