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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