Mine detail: Whitney Prospect

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Location

Lat / long: 38.32722, -107.0634

Resource(M)

Primary: Thorium, Uranium, REE, Gold
Ore: Thorite
Gangue: Hematite, Orthoclase
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Junction Creek Sandstone
Host type:Trachyte
Associated rock:Trachyte And Trachyte Porphyry Dikes;Granite Of Tolvar Peak
Associated type:Trachyte,Granite
Structure:Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDSD011240
DEP10087961
Reference{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-, NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1981, ALKALIC ROCKS AND RESOURCES OF THORIUM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1049-C.}{Deposit:: COLORADO DIV. MINES INF. REPTS.}
ReporterSchwochow, Stephen D.