Mine detail: Unnamed Thorium Prospect

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Location: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 38.21139, -107.06062
dep_id: 10014571
mrds_id: D011398
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Thorium
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc, REE, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Thorite
gangue: Barite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Jasper, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Specularite, Sphalerite
ore_ctrl: Nw-Trending Vein Cutting Granite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_type: Granite
arock_unit: Powderhorn Granite;Thorium Vein
arock_type: Granite
Structure: Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Powderhorn Stock
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RUDOLPH HILL QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, HINSDALE, AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1177.
  • 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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