Commodities
PrimaryThorium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlNw-Trending Quartz Vein Cutting Granite
Materials
Ore mineralsThorite
GangueAnkerite, Apatite, Barite, Calcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Goethite, Hematite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Syenite,Granite · Dubois Greenstone--Metavolcanic Hornblende Schist And Amphibolite;Dubois Greenstone--Coarse-Grained Amphibolite, Metadiorite, And Metagabbro;Dubois Greenstone--Interlayered Felsic Volcanics And Metasedimentary Rocks
Associated rockQuartz Syenite,Granite · Granite And Quartz Syenite Of Carpenter Gulch;Quartz Vein;Granite Of Tolvar Peak
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Cimarron Fault, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094679
MRDS IDD011181
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates38.325, -107.15257
References
OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE GATEVIEW QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1071.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.