Commodities
PrimaryThorium
TertiaryREE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsThorite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Hematite, Limonite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Amphibolite,Felsic Volcanic Rock · Dubois Greenstone--Interlayered Felsic Volcanics And Metasedimentary Rocks;Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
Associated rockGranite · Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Quartz Vein;Melasyenite;Syenitic Rocks--Minette
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10014416
MRDS IDD011170
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.34083, -107.13841
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.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40. P. 174-175.BAKER, K.E., AND ANCTIL, R.J., 1954, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. DEB-PRR-C-1530.