Mine detail: Brown Lava Lode

Previously called 'SerpantPink Lady'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.34168, -105.45058

Resource(M)

Primary:	Uranium, Copper
Secondary:	Thorium, REE
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Limonite

Production

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

Geology

Host type:	Nepheline Syenite,Hornblendite
Associated rock:	Mcclure Mountain Complex
Associated type:	Nepheline Syenite,Hornblendite
Structure:	Deweese Plateau, Wet Mountains, Ilse Fault, Other Major Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera, (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:	Limonitic Alteration Occurred In The Syenite

References

MRDS	D009473
DEP	10013266
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 145.}{Deposit:: TAYLOR, R.B., SCOTT, G.R., WOBUS, R.A. AND 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:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., HEYMAN, A.M., DELLWIG, L.F., GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATIONS 1950-52, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290, 40 P.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.