Mine detail: Laughlin Peak Prospects

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Location

Lat / long: 36.58894, -104.23386

Resource(B)

Primary: Thorium, Niobium (Columbium), REE
Tertiary: Barium-Barite, Strontium
Ore: Allanite, Svanbergite
Gangue: Anhydrite, Apatite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Orebody form: IRREGULAR VEINS
Other material: Barite
Discovery year: 1954

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Dakota Sandstone
Host type:Sandstone
Associated type:Phonolite

References

MRDSD009052
DEP10013004
Reference{Deposit:: WOOD, G.H., JR., NORTHROP, S.A., AND GRIGGS, R.L., 1953 USGS OIL AND GAS INV. MAP OM-141}{Deposit:: PARKER, R.L., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 290-294}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND ADAM, J.W., 1962 USGS MINERAL INV. RESOURCES MAP MR-28}{Deposit:: PARKER, R.L., 1963 USGS MINERAL INV. RESOURCES MAP MR-36}{Deposit:: NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATA}{Deposit:: TSCHANZ, C.M., 1958 USGS TRACE ELEMENTS INV. REPORT 230, 4 PAGES}
ReporterMenzie, David