Commodities
PrimaryThorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlMineralized Veins
Materials
Ore mineralsThorite
GangueBarite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss · Hornblende-Plagioclase Gneiss And Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
StructureWet Mountains, Nw-Trending Shear Zones
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mountains)
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10087729
MRDS IDD008867
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.12973, -105.3214
References
STAATZ, M.H., AND OTHERS, 1979, PRINCIPAL THORIUM RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATED: USGS CIRCULAR 805, P. 12-13.BROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-596, 1:24,000.