Commodities
PrimaryREE, Niobium (Columbium), Thorium
TertiaryStrontium, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formIRREGULAR VEINS
Ore controlFault-Fracture Structural Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Svanbergite
GangueAnhydrite, Apatite, Kaolinite, Quartz
Other materialsBarite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Dakota Sandstone
Associated rockPhonolite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10013004
MRDS IDD009052
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.58894, -104.23386
References
WOOD, G.H., JR., NORTHROP, S.A., AND GRIGGS, R.L., 1953 USGS OIL AND GAS INV. MAP OM-141PARKER, R.L., 1965 NMBMMR BULL 87, P. 290-294OLSON, J.C., AND ADAM, J.W., 1962 USGS MINERAL INV. RESOURCES MAP MR-28PARKER, R.L., 1963 USGS MINERAL INV. RESOURCES MAP MR-36NMBMMR GENERAL FILE DATATSCHANZ, C.M., 1958 USGS TRACE ELEMENTS INV. REPORT 230, 4 PAGES