Mine detail: Homestake No. 2 Claim

Previously called 'Homestake No. 6Homestake Claims'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.34084, -105.54141

Resource(M)

Primary:	REE, Thorium
Ore:	Bastnaesite, Fergusonite, Monazite, Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Siderite
Discovery year:	1952

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	D008919
DEP	10087743
Reference	{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. 530-531}{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. 25.}{Deposit:: STAATZ, M.H. AND CONKLIN, N.M., 1966, RARE-EARTH THORIUM CARBONATE VEINS OF THE ROAD GULCH AREA, NORTHERN WET MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, IN, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH 1966: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 550-B, P. B130-B134}{Deposit:: SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000.}
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.