Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Thorium
SecondaryRadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Materials
GangueGarnet, Hematite, Jasper, Specularite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Gneiss And Schist
Associated rockQuartz Latite,Latite,Andesite · Potosi Volcanic Series;Bonanza Volcanic Pile
StructureBonanza Volcanic Field, San Juan Volcanic Field, Bonanza Caldera Radial Faults; Jacks Cr. Volcanic Center
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns.)
AlterationJasperization, Iron Oxides
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10012586
MRDS IDD008273
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.2214, -106.33838
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 388.BROWN, L.J., AND MALAN, 1966, U.S. AEC PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE REPORTS ON REPORTED OCCURRENCES OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, COLORADO, SAGUACHE COUNTY: PB-172 567.BRUNS, D.L., 1971, GEOLOGY OF THE LAKE MOUNTAIN NE QUADRANGLE, SAGUACHE COUNTY, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES M.S. THESIS T-1367.