Mine detail: Unnamed Thorium Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.37083, -107.0773

Resource(M)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Black Canyon Schist
Host type:	Schist
Associated rock:	Thorium Vein;Hinsdale Formation
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011141
DEP	10014394
Reference	{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.}{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.