Commodities
PrimaryThorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlNw-Trending Quartz Vein Cutting Schist Near Syenite Intrusions
Materials
Ore mineralsThorite
GangueAnkerite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Black Canyon Schist--Quartzo-Feldspathic And Quartz-Sericite Schist
Associated rockSyenite · Leucosyenite;Melasyenite;Porphyritic Augite Syenite;Quartz Vein
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 ID10014398
MRDS IDD011148
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.36556, -107.12896
References
OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.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.