Mine detail: Vona Mae Claims

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Location: Larimer County, Colorado, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.70415, -105.26642
dep_id: 10087865
mrds_id: D010408
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: REE, Thorium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Monazite
Reporter: Schwochow, Stephen D.
hrock_unit: Metamorphic Rocks--Biotite Gneiss, Schist, And Migmatite;Pegmatite
hrock_type: Mica Schist
arock_unit: Pegmatite;Boulder Creek Granodiorite
arock_type: Diorite,Pegmatite,Granite
Structure: Front Range Uplift, Sherman Batholith, Poudre River Shear Zone
tectonic: Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
References:
  • MEEVES, H.C., AND OTHERS, 1966, RECONNAISSANCE OF BERYLLIUM-BEARING PEGMATITE DEPOSITS IN SIX WESTERN STATES: USBM IC-8298, P. 31
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