Location: | Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America |
Lat / long: | 38.34972, -107.20924 |
dep_id: | 10014426 |
mrds_id: | D011183 |
Commodity type: | metallic |
Major mineral: | Thorium |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | No production occurred |
Development status: | Occurrence |
ore: | Thorite |
gangue: | Ankerite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Siderite |
ore_ctrl: | Nw-Trending Quartz Vein Subparallel To Trend Of Cimarron Fault |
Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
hrock_unit: | Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite |
hrock_type: | Schist |
arock_unit: | Powderhorn Granite;Quartz Vein |
arock_type: | Granite |
Structure: | Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock |
tectonic: | Central Cordilleda (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.
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