| Lat / long: | 38.15223, -105.27501 |
| Primary: | Gold, Thorium, REE, Barium-Barite, Lead |
| Ore: | Barite, Galena, Thorite |
| Gangue: | Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite |
| Discovery year: | 1950 |
| Operation type: | Surface-Underground |
| Production size: | Small |
| Development status: | Prospect |
| Host rock: | Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss |
| Host type: | Gneiss,Migmatite |
| Associated rock: | Syenite;Microcline Granite |
| Associated type: | Syenite,Mafic Intrusive Rock,Amphibolite,Granite |
| Structure: | Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones; Five Mineralized Zones; Overall Structure Extends G.T. 17000 Ft |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains) |
| Alteration processes: | Silicification |
| MRDS | D008868 |
| DEP | 10087730 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., HEYMAN, A.M., DELLWIG, L.F, AND GOTT, G.B., 1953, THORIUM INVESTIGATIONS 1950-52, WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO: USGS CIRCULAR 290}{Deposit:: ARMBRUSTMACHER, T.J., 19768 THORIUM DEPOSITS IN THE WET MOUNTAINS AREA, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-284, P. 14-17}{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. |