| Location: | Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 38.25944, -107.06701 |
| dep_id: | 10014564 |
| mrds_id: | D011389 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Niobium (Columbium) |
| Minor mineral: | REE |
| Trace mineral: | Titanium, Metal, Iron, Manganese, Thorium, Zinc, Phosphorus-Phosphates |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | No production occurred |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| ore: | Pyrochlore |
| gangue: | Anatase, Apatite, Barite, Bastnaesite, Biotite, Calcite, Fluorite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Rutile, Sphene, Synchisite, Zircon |
| work_type: | Underground |
| alteration: | Oxidation Of Pyrite To Hematite And Goethite; Oxidation Of Rhodochrosite(?) To Mn Oxides |
| Reporter: | Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_type: | Intrusive Carbonatite |
| arock_unit: | Carbonatite |
| arock_type: | Intrusive Carbonatite |
| Structure: | Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Powderhorn Stock |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| disc_yr: | 1956 |
| 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:: THOMPSON, J.V., 1983, ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE CARBONATITE AND ALKALIC STOCK AT POWDERHORN, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO, IN HANDFIELD, R.C., ED., GUNNISON GOLD BELT AND POWDERHORN CARBONATITE FIELD TRIP GUIDEBOOK: DREGS, P. 32-42.
- 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.
- Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.
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