Mine detail: Unnamed Thorium Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

38.4925, -107.03062

Resource(M)

Tertiary:	Thorium, REE
Ore:	Rhabdophane
Discovery year:	1955

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Metamorphic Rocks--Quartz-Biotite Schist And Gneiss And Migmatite;Metamorphic Rocks--Amphibolite
Host type:	Schist,Amphibolite,Granite
Associated rock:	Granite Of South Beaver Creek;Granite And Leucogranite Dikes;Quartz Diorite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite,Diorite,Granite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, West Elk Centers
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011131
DEP	10014385
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.