Commodities
PrimaryThorium
SecondaryLead, REE, Vanadium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlNe-Trending Quartz Vein Approximately Along Foliation Of Greenstone
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Thorite
GangueAnkerite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Monazite, Quartz, Siderite, Vanadinite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Amphibolite · Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Unnamed Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordilleda (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10014452
MRDS IDD011229
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.35778, -107.18619
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.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. PAPER1049-C, P. 24.