Mine detail: Thorn Claims

Previously called 'Thome ClaimsThorn Homestead MineThorn 9 and 10Thome 1-14'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.53529, -105.52197

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Vanadium
Ore: Coffinite, Uraninite
Gangue: Hematite, Limonite
Orebody form: TABULAR, PODS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Last production ended: 1960

Geology

Host rock:Tallahassee Creek Conglomerate
Host type:Conglomerate,Tuff
Associated rock:Wall Mountain Tuff Was Probable Principal Uranium Source
Associated type:Rhyolite
Structure:Thirty Nine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Basin, Echo Park Graben, Paleovalleys
Tectonic:Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Alteration processes:Oxidation; Alteration Of Feldspar To Clay

References

MRDSD009337
DEP10101792
Reference{Deposit:: NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B. AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULLETIN 40, P. 153.}{Deposit:: EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1195, 1:62,500.}{Deposit:: DICKINSON, K.A., 1981, GEOLOGIC CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DISTRICT, FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO: THE MOUNTAIN GEOLOGIST, V. 18, NO. 4, P. 88-94.}{Deposit:: BABCOCK, J.A., 1980, TALLAHASSEE CREEK URANIUM DEPOSITS: DENVER REGIONAL EXPLORATION GEOLOGISTS SOCIETY GUIDEBOOK, P. 15-31.}{Production:: NELSON-MOORE AND OTHERS, 1978}
ReporterCollins, Donna B., Keller, John W.