| Location: | Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.35917, -107.23063 |
| dep_id: | 10014403 |
| mrds_id: | D011155 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Thorium |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Thorite |
| gangue: | Ankerite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Siderite |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_unit: | Black Canyon Schist |
| hrock_type: | Schist |
| arock_unit: | Powderhorn Granite;Quartz Vein;Sapinero Mesa Tuff |
| arock_type: | Quartz Latite,Granite |
| Structure: | Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| References: |
- 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.
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