Mine detail: Unidentified Prospect

Previously called 'No-Deposit Industry Name'

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Location: Custer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.1489, -105.3239
dep_id: 10013037
mrds_id: D009112
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Thorium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
ore: Thorite
gangue: Hematite, Limonite
orebody_fm: Tabular
model: 30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
ore_ctrl: Nw-Trending Shear Zones, Veins
Reporter: Collins, Donna B.
hrock_unit: Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
tectonic: Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
References:
  • BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596, 1:24,00
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