Lat / long: | 38.34028, -107.17341 |
Primary: | Thorium |
Ore: | Thorite |
Gangue: | Ankerite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Siderite |
Operation type: | Unknown |
Deposit type: | Vein |
Production size: | None |
Development status: | Occurrence |
Host type: | Granite |
Associated rock: | Powderhorn Granite;Minette;Quartz Vein |
Associated type: | Lamprophyre,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) |
MRDS | D011188 |
DEP | 10014430 |
Reference | {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.} |
Reporter | Schwochow, Stephen D. |