Mine detail: Unnamed Thorium Prospect

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.335, -107.06423
dep_id: 10014445
mrds_id: D011212
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Thorite
gangue: Hematite, Orthoclase
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Variably Trending Dikes Cutting Granite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
hrock_type: Trachyte
arock_unit: Trachyte And Trachyte Porphyry Dikes;Granite Of Tolvar Peak
arock_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:
  • 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.
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