| Lat / long: | 38.15195, -105.32279 |
| Primary: | Thorium |
| Secondary: | Lead |
| Tertiary: | Niobium (Columbium), Gold, Silver, Uranium |
| Ore: | Thorite |
| Gangue: | Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite |
| Orebody form: | fissure vein |
| Discovery year: | 1954 |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Production size: | None |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Host rock: | Alaskitic Granite Gneiss |
| Host type: | Gneiss |
| Associated rock: | Intrusive Rhyolite Porphyry |
| Associated type: | Rhyolite |
| Structure: | Wet Mountains, Stock On East-West Valley Which Is Possibly A Shear Zone; A Dike Crosses The Valley, Trending Nw; The Stock Is Probably At The Junction Of Two Faults; The Stock Is 1100 Ft X 400 Ft, Elongated To The Northeast; The Rhyolite Porphyry Dike Lies At The Southeast End Of The Stock, Striking Se, With A Length Of 1600 Ft And Width Of 7 Ft |
| Tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains) |
| Alteration processes: | Alteration At Contact Between Stock And Gneiss |
| MRDS | D008251 |
| DEP | 10094480 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: COLORADO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 40, P. 121}{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. 528}{Deposit:: BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596, 1: 24, 000} |
| Reporter | Collins, Donna B. |