Mine detail: Little Maud Claim

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Location

Lat / long:

38.19918, -105.3139

Resource(M)

Primary:	Thorium, REE
Ore:	Thorite
Gangue:	Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, PIPELIKE
Discovery year:	1952

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	D008915
DEP	10094516
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. 52
Reporter	Collins, Donna B.