Commodities
PrimaryThorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlProbable Dikes Or Veins Cutting Composite Syenite Intrusion
Materials
Ore mineralsThorite
GangueAnkerite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockSyenite · Black Canyon Schist
Associated rockSyenite,Granite · Porphyritic Syenite;Granite Dikes Of Wolf Creek
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Unnamed Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10014397
MRDS IDD011147
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.39111, -107.13507
References
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARPENTER RIDGE QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1070.HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1961, FOUR ENVIRONMENTS OF THORIUM-, NIOBIUM-, AND RARE-EARTH-BEARING MINERALS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT OF SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-B, P. B283-B286.