Mine detail: Unnamed Thorium Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.335, -107.06423

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Hematite, Orthoclase
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
Host type:	Trachyte
Associated rock:	Trachyte And Trachyte Porphyry Dikes;Granite Of Tolvar Peak
Associated type:	Trachyte,Granite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex,Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011212
DEP	10014445
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.