Colorado · Gunnison County
Occurrence
Unnamed Thorium Prospects
Gunnison County, Colorado, United States
Thorium
Lead
Copper
Zinc
REE
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Commodities
Primary
Thorium
Tertiary
Lead, Copper, Zinc, REE
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit type
Vein
Deposit size
N
Orebody form
TABULAR
Ore control
Nw-Trending Vein Cutting Across Foliation Of Felsite
Materials
Ore minerals
Thorite
Gangue
Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Jasper, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Specularite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rock
Felsic Volcanic Rock · Dubois Greenstone--Felsite And Felsite Porphyry;Dubois Greenstone--Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite
Associated rock
Granite · Thorium Vein;Granite Of Tolvar Peak
Structure
Gunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10014456
MRDS ID
D011237
Region
NA
Data score
E
Coordinates
38.32556, -107.11035