| Location: | Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.4925, -107.03062 |
| dep_id: | 10014385 |
| mrds_id: | D011131 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Trace mineral: | Thorium, REE |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Rhabdophane |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_unit: | Metamorphic Rocks--Quartz-Biotite Schist And Gneiss And Migmatite;Metamorphic Rocks--Amphibolite |
| hrock_type: | Schist,Amphibolite,Granite |
| arock_unit: | Granite Of South Beaver Creek;Granite And Leucogranite Dikes;Quartz Diorite |
| arock_type: | Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite |
| Structure: | Gunnison Uplift, West Elk Centers |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| disc_yr: | 1955 |
| discr: | R.C. Derzay And R.C. Maylan |
| References: |
- Deposit:: DOOLEY, J.R., JR., AND HATHAWAY, J.C., 1961, TWO OCCURRENCES OF THORIUM-BEARING MINERALS WITH RHABDOPHANE-LIKE STRUCTURE: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-C, P. C339-C341.
- Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BIG MESA QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1153.
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