Colorado · Custer County
Prospect
Barite Lode 2
Custer County, Colorado, United States
Thorium
Lead
Copper
Silver
Uranium
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Commodities
Primary
Thorium
Secondary
Lead, Copper, Silver
Tertiary
Uranium
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
Deposit size
N
Workings
Surface/Underground
Ore control
Mineralized Fissures
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Galena, Silver, Thorite
Gangue
Barite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rock
Gneiss,Migmatite,Granite · Hornblende Gneiss;Migmatite
Structure
Wet Mountains, Northwest-Trending Fault Zone
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rockies)
Economic & production
Development status
Prospect
Discovery year
1951
Identification
Deposit ID
10012436
MRDS ID
D008067
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
38.14918, -105.34918
References
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. 119