Mine detail: Red Rock Claim

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.3425, -107.06701
dep_id: 10014421
mrds_id: D011177
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Trace mineral: Lead, Copper, Zinc, REE
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Thorite
gangue: Goethite, Hematite, Pyrite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Quartzite
hrock_type: Schist,Amphibolite
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 MINERAL IN POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1027-0.
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