Mine detail: Unnamed Thorium Prospects

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.35694, -107.09507
dep_id: 10014455
mrds_id: D011235
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Trace mineral: Lead, Copper, REE, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Thorite
gangue: Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Jasper, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Specularite, Sphalerite
ore_ctrl: Ne-Trending Veins Cutting Across Foliation Of Schist
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Quartzofeldspathic And Quartz-Sericite Schist
hrock_type: Schist
Structure: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
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