Mine detail: Hardwick Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

38.12973, -105.3214

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D008867
DEP	10087729
Reference	{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H., AND OTHERS, 1979, PRINCIPAL THORIUM RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATED: USGS CIRCULAR 805, P. 12-13.}{Deposit:: BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596, 1:24,000.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.