Commodities
PrimaryThorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlNe-Trending Fault Offsetting Composite Syenite Intrusion
Materials
Ore mineralsThorite
GangueAnkerite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockSyenite · Black Canyon Schist
Associated rockSyenite,Granite · Porphyritic Syenite;Granite Dikes Of Wolf Creek
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Unnamed Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10087942
MRDS IDD011144
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.40306, -107.13646
References
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CARPENTER RIDGE QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1070.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.