Commodities
PrimaryThorium
TertiaryLead, Copper, Zinc, REE
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formTABULAR
Ore controlNe-Trending Veins Subparallel To And Cutting Across Foliation Of Granite
Materials
Ore mineralsThorite
GangueApatite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Goethite, Hematite, Jasper, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Specularite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite · Granite Of Tolvar Peak;Thorium Vein
StructureGunnison Uplift, San Juan Volcanic Field, Gunnison Gold Belt, Iron Hill Alkalic Complex, Tolvar Peak Stock
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10094688
MRDS IDD011241
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates38.33167, -107.09257
References
HEDLUND, D.C., AND OLSON, J.C., 1975, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE POWDERHORN QUADRANGLE, GUNNISON AND SAGUACHE COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP GQ-1178.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.OLSON, J.C., AND HEDLUND, D.C., 1981, ALKALIC ROCKS AND RESOURCES OF THORIUM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS IN THE POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 1049-C.OLSON, J.C., AND WALLACE, S.R., 1956, THORIUM AND RARE-EARTH MINERALS IN POWDERHORN DISTRICT, GUNNISON COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS BULL. 1027-0.NELSON-MOORE, J.L., AND OTHERS, 1978, RADIOACTIVE MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO AND BIBLIOGRAPHY: CGS BULL. 40, P. 174.ADAMS, J.W., AND MOORE, F.B., 1950, AEC PRELIM. RECON. REPT. USGS RR-94.