Mine detail: Barite Lode

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Location

Lat / long:

38.14612, -105.35307

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Secondary:	Silver, Lead, Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Hematite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1951

Production

Operation type:	Surface-Underground
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Host type:	Gneiss
Associated type:	Plutonic Rock
Structure:	Wet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones; Four Zones In En Echelon Arrangement
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D008876
DEP	10087733
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, P 21-25}{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES, OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P.119}{Deposit:: BROCK, M.R., AND SINGE WALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.