Mine detail: Red Head Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.88276, -105.46699

Resource(B)

Primary:	Thorium, Beryllium, Uranium
Secondary:	Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Mica, REE
Ore:	Beryl, Monazite, Columbite, Tantalite
Other material:	Quartz, Feldspar, Mica

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Pegmatite;Sherman Granite
Host type:	Granite
Associated rock:	Pegmatite;Sherman Granite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Virginia Dale Ring-Dike Comp Lex, Unnamed Shear Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D010536
DEP	10013959
Reference	{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENC ES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 209.}{Deposit:: PARKER, R.L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS MR-36, pamphlet p. 3, scale 1:3,168,000.}{Geology:: EGGLER, D.H., 1968, VIRGINIA DALE PRECAMBRIAN RING-DIKE COMPLEX, CO LORADO-WYOMING: GSA BULL., V. 79, NO. 11, P. 1545-1564.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D., Wilson, Anna B., Parker, Raymond L.