Colorado · Chaffee County
Occurrence

Unidentified Monazite Occurrence

Chaffee County, Colorado, United States
UraniumREE
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium, REE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlPegmatite, Fractures .
Materials
Ore mineralsEuxenite, Monazite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite · Granodiorite
StructureSouthern Mosquito Range, Nw-Trending Faults
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10018145
MRDS IDDC04954
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.86556, -106.04782
References
PARKER, R.L. 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNIT ED STATES: USGS MAP MR-36TWETO, OGDEN, STEVEN, T.A., HAIL, W.J., JR., MOENCH, R.H., 1976, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MONTROSE 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO: USGS MAP MF-761, 1:250000