Mine detail: Atomic Mountain Claim

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.19807, -105.31279

Resource(M)

Primary:	REE, Thorium
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
Discovery year:	1952

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D008914
DEP	10087741
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}{Deposit:: CHRISTMAN, R.A., BROCK, M.R., PEARSON, R.C. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1959, GEOLOGY AND THORIUM DEPOSITS OF THE WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, A PROGRESS REPORT: USGS BULLETIN 1072-H, P. 525}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.