Commodities
PrimaryUranium
TertiaryThorium, Radium, Cadmium, Tantalum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model32: Pegmatites
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsEuxenite, Monazite, Xenotime
GangueGarnet
Geology
Host rockPegmatite,Gneiss · "Pegmatite", "Gneiss"
StructureSawatch Arch, Sangre De Cristo Range, Rio Grande Rift, Sangre De Cristo Fault
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1954
Identification
Deposit ID10012926
MRDS IDD008947
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.26612, -105.85392
References
NELSON-MOORE, J.L., COLLINS, D.B., AND HORNBAKER, A.L., 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 392-393TAYLOR, R.B., AND OTHERS, 1975, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HOWARD QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS 1-892