Mine detail: Baumer Pegmatite Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.70833, -105.48947

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Thorium, REE
Ore:	Allanite, Euxenite, Ilmenite, Monazite
Gangue:	Biotite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Microcline, Plagioclase, Quartz
Orebody form:	POD-LIKE
Discovery year:	1950

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Biotite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated rock:	Boulder Creek Granite; Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age
Associated type:	Diorite,Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:	Thirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Fault/Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns

References

MRDS	D009197
DEP	10013097
Reference	{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W. AND BEVER, J.E., 1957, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUFFEY AREA, PARK AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUARTERLY, V.52, NO.4, P. 23-35}{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.}{Deposit:: WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.