Commodities
PrimaryThorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlVariably Trending Dikes Cutting Granite
Materials
Ore mineralsThorite
GangueHematite, Orthoclase
Geology
Host rockTrachyte · Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
Associated rockTrachyte,Granite · Trachyte And Trachyte Porphyry Dikes;Granite Of Tolvar Peak
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex,Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10014445
MRDS IDD011212
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.335, -107.06423
References
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.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.OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1981, ALKALIC ROCKS AND RESOURCES OF THORIUM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1049-C.