Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Thorium, REE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formPOD-LIKE
Ore controlPegmatite, Wall Rock Control
Materials
Ore mineralsAllanite, Euxenite, Ilmenite, Monazite
GangueBiotite, Chlorite, Magnetite, Microcline, Plagioclase, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Biotite Gneiss
Associated rockDiorite,Pegmatite,Granite · Boulder Creek Granite; Quartz Diorite Of Boulder Creek Age
StructureThirtynine Mile Volcanic Field, Currant Creek Fault/Fault Zone
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10013097
MRDS IDD009197
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.70833, -105.48947
References
HEINRICH, E.W. AND BEVER, J.E., 1957, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN THE GUFFEY AREA, PARK AND FREMONT COUNTIES, COLORADO: COLORADO SCHOOL MINES QUARTERLY, V.52, NO.4, P. 23-35HEINRICH, E.W., 1981, PRECAMBRIAN TUNGSTEN AND COPPER-ZINC SKARN DEPOSITS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SERIES 21, 115 P.WOBUS, R.A., EPIS, R.C. AND SCOTT, G.R., 1979, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COVER MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, FREMONT, PARK AND TELLER COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1179, 1:62,500