Mine detail: Unnamed Thorium Prospects

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.35778, -107.18619
dep_id: 10014452
mrds_id: D011229
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Minor mineral: Lead, REE, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Galena, Thorite
gangue: Ankerite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Monazite, Quartz, Siderite, Vanadinite
ore_ctrl: Ne-Trending Quartz Vein Approximately Along Foliation Of Greenstone
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
hrock_type: Schist,Amphibolite
Structure: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Unnamed 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.
  • 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. PAPER1049-C, P. 24.
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