Colorado · Custer County
Prospect
Unidentified Occurrence
Custer County, Colorado, United States
Thorium
Silver
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Commodities
Primary
Thorium, Silver
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Model
30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
Deposit size
S
Ore control
Possibly Nw-Trending Faults, Fractures
Geology
Host rock
Gneiss · Migmatitic Gneiss
Structure
Deer Peak Volcanics, Wet Mountains, Nearby Nw-Trending Fault; Near Axis Of Prevolcanic Paaleovalley (Eocene Age)
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development status
Prospect
Identification
Deposit ID
10107947
MRDS ID
D004954
Region
NA
Data score
D
Coordinates
38.00863, -105.24307
References
TAYLOR, R.B., 1974, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DEER PEAK QUADRANGLE AND SOUTHERN PART OF THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, CUSTER AND HUERFANO COUNTIES, COLORADO: USGS MAP I-870, 1:24,000