Mine detail: Unnamed Thorium Prospects

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.32556, -107.11035
dep_id: 10014456
mrds_id: D011237
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Trace mineral: Lead, Copper, Zinc, REE
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
orebody_fm: TABULAR
ore_ctrl: Nw-Trending Vein Cutting Across Foliation Of Felsite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry;Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
hrock_type: Felsic Volcanic Rock
arock_unit: Thorium Vein;Granite Of Tolvar Peak
arock_type: Granite
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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