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 ID10018146
MRDS IDDC04958
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates38.79083, -105.98866
References
PARKER, RAYMOND L., 1963, NIOBIUM AND TANTALUM IN THE UNITED STATES, USGS MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-36.SCOTT, G.R., TAYLOR, R.B., EPIS, R.C., WOBUS, R.A., 1978, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE PUEBLO 10 X 20 QUADRANGLE, SOUTH-CENTRAL COLORADO: USGS MAP I-1022, 1:250,000