Commodities
PrimaryThorium, REE
SecondaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Ore controlMineralized Veins
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Thorite
GangueFluorite, Galena, Limonite, Microcline, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Associated rockSyenite · Syenite
StructureWet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Discovery year1952
Identification
Deposit ID10012913
MRDS IDD008927
Alternate namesZabel-Beardsley Lease
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.12029, -105.32168
References
STALTZ, M.H. AND OTHERS, 1979, PRINCIPAL, THORIUM RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES: USGS CIRCULAR 805, P. 12-13.DEL RIO, S.M., 1960, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLORADO, FIRST SEQUEL: COLORADO MINERAL RESOURCES BOARD, P. 395ARMBRUSTMACHER, T.J., 1976, THORIUM DEPOSITS IN THE WET MOUNTAINS AREA, FREMONT AND CUSTER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 76-284, P. 4, 10-14SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C. AND WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 1 DEGREE X 2 DEGREES QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000