Mine detail: Lucretia Mine

Previously called 'Unpatented Claims: Lucretia Nos. 1-5, 7, 9George Nos. 1-3Marion Nos. 1-2'

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.35722, -107.0973
dep_id: 10014418
mrds_id: D011173
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Minor mineral: REE
Trace mineral: Manganese, Zinc, Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Thorite
gangue: Calcite, Pyrolusite
ore_ctrl: Tertiary Carbonate Breccia Vein Cutting Metasediments
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Quartzofeldspathic And Quartz-Sericite Schist
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, 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:: SHERIDAN, D.M., AND OTHERS, 1981, PRECAMBRIAN SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN THE GUNNISON REGION, COLORADO, IN EPIS, R.C., AND CALLENDER, J.F., WESTERN SLOPE COLORADO: NEW MEXICO GEOL. SOC. 32D FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 273-277.
  • Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPT.
  • Deposit:: DROBECK, P.A., 1979, GEOLOGY AND TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF A PART OF THE GUNNISON GOLD BELT, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.SC. THESIS T-2251, P. 116-117.
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