Commodities
SecondaryUranium
TertiaryVanadium, Thorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Model30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlFault, Northwest-Trending; Contact Between Rhyodacite And Gneiss
Materials
Ore mineralsThorite, Uraninite, Galena
GangueBarite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockRhyodacite · Deer Peak Rhyodacite And Rhyodacite Porphyry;Migmatitic Gneiss Underlies Volcanics
StructureWet Mountains, Northwest-Trending Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10012581
MRDS IDD008267
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.0228, -105.1525
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. 121TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE MAP OF THE DEER PEAK QUADRANGLE AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-870Sunshine Mining Co. Colorado exploration files, unpublished data, Colorado Geological Survey.REV BY MILS 11-79MMR #405993DMEA 3725