Mine detail: Adair Group

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.35083, -107.17535

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Tertiary:	Lead, REE, Titanium, Metal
Ore:	Galena, Thorite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Bastnaesite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite, Synchisite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Dubois Greenstone--Interlayered Greenstone And Metasedimentary Rocks;Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
Host type:	Schist,Amphibolite
Associated rock:	Quartz Diorite;Quartz Vein
Associated type:	Diorite,Lamprophyre
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

MRDS	D011160
DEP	10014407
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.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1981, ALKALIC ROCKS AND RESOURCES OF THORIUM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1049-C.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND WALLACE, S.R., 1956, THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH MINERALS IN POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1027-0.}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 176-177.}{Deposit:: BURBANK, W.S., 1951, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. D-224.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.