Mine detail: Hidden Valley Claims

Previously called 'Hidden Valley 1 ClaimHidden Valley 4 Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

38.20223, -105.31946

Resource(B)

Primary:	Thorium, Barium-Barite
Ore:	Barite, Thorite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENS
Discovery year:	1952

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D008928
DEP	10087747
Reference	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, 52
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.