Mine detail: Unnamed Thorium Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.19639, -107.05812

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium
Tertiary:	REE, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Jasper, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Specularite, Sphalerite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Metagabbro
Host type:	Diorite,Gabbro
Associated rock:	Powderhorn Granite;Thorium Vein;Gneissic Quartz Diorite
Associated type:	Diorite,Granite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Powderhorn Stock
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011399
DEP	10087970
Reference	{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE RUDOLPH HILL QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON, HINSDALE, AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1177.}{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.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.