Mine detail: Jeanie No. 2 Claim

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Location:	Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long:	38.32556, -107.10646
dep_id:	10014415
mrds_id:	D011169
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Thorium
Trace mineral:	REE, Lead, Copper, Zinc
Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Thorite
gangue:	Barite, Hematite, Quartz
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
ore_ctrl:	Ne-Trending Vein In Fault Cutting Metamorphics
Reporter:	Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit:	Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry
hrock_type:	Felsic Volcanic Rock
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Unnamed Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:	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. 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. 174. Deposit:: ADAMS, J.W., 1951, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. RR-206.