Mine detail: Unnamed Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

38.38667, -107.24424

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Thorium
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Thorite
Gangue:	Anhydrite, Ankerite, Barite, Limonite, Quartz
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Black Canyon Schist
Host type:	Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:	Granitic Rocks-Pegmatite Dikes;Granitic Rocks--Granite And Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Pegmatite,Granite
Structure:	Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex
Tectonic:	Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)

References

MRDS	D011149
DEP	10101886
Reference	{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARPENTER RIDGE QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1070.}{Deposit:: HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-, NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.}{Deposit:: BURBANK, W.S., 1951, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPTS. D-211, D-92.}{Deposit:: OLSON, J.C., AND WALLACE, S.R., 1956, THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH MINERALS IN POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1027-O, P. 720.}
Reporter	Schwochow, Stephen D.