Mine detail: Adair Group

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Location:	Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.35083, -107.17535
dep_id:	10014407
mrds_id:	D011160
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Thorium
Trace mineral:	Lead, REE, Titanium, Metal
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Galena, Thorite
gangue:	Ankerite, Bastnaesite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Siderite, Sphalerite, Synchisite
ore_ctrl:	Ne-Trending Veins And Ne-And Nw-Trending Faults Cutting Metamorphics
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit:	Dubois Greenstone--Interlayered Greenstone And Metasedimentary Rocks;Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
hrock_type:	Schist,Amphibolite
arock_unit:	Quartz Diorite;Quartz Vein
arock_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:	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.