Mine detail: Olhio Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.58834, -105.43002

Resource(M)

Primary:	REE
Secondary:	Thorium

Production

Operation type:	Underground
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Quartz Diorite;Granodiorite
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Northern Wet Mountains, Sand Gulch Fault, Currant Creek Fault Zone
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)

References

MRDS	D004919
DEP	10097788
Reference	{Deposit:: HAYNES, VANCE, 1960, THE RARE EARTHS IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO FIRST SEQUEL, STATE OF COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCE BOARD, P. 374}{Deposit:: WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C., SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK, AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500.}
Reporter	Foord, Suzann C, Collins, Donna B.