| Location: | Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.34083, -107.13841 |
| dep_id: | 10014416 |
| mrds_id: | D011170 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Thorium |
| Trace mineral: | REE |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Occurrence |
| ore: | Thorite |
| gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_unit: | Dubois Greenstone--Interlayered Felsic Volcanics And Metasedimentary Rocks;Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite |
| hrock_type: | Schist,Amphibolite,Felsic Volcanic Rock |
| arock_unit: | Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Quartz Vein;Melasyenite;Syenitic Rocks--Minette |
| arock_type: | 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.
- Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40. P. 174-175.
- Deposit:: BAKER, K.E., AND ANCTIL, R.J., 1954, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. DEB-PRR-C-1530.
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