Mine detail: Unnamed Thorium Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.36444, -107.12591

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Black Canyon Schist--Quartzo-Feldspathic And Quartz-Sericite Schist
Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Leucosyenite;Melasyenite;;Quartz Vein
Associated type:	Syenite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Soutehrn Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011140
DEP	10014393
Reference	{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW-QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-, NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.