Colorado · Custer County
Past Producer
Wet Mountain Mine
Custer County, Colorado, United States
Barium-Barite
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Commodities
Primary
Barium-Barite
Commodity type
N
Deposit
Model
30: Thorium-rare-earth veins
Deposit size
S
Ore control
Mineralized Veins Near Intersection Of Ilse Fault And Wnw-Trending Fault
Materials
Ore minerals
Barite
Geology
Host rock
Gneiss · Alaskitic Granite Gneiss
Structure
Wet Mountains, Ilse Fault And Wnw-Trendng Fault
Tectonic setting
Central Cordillera, Southern Rocky Mtns
Economic & production
Development status
Past Producer
Identification
Deposit ID
10107952
MRDS ID
D004979
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
38.23612, -105.25335
References
MINOBRASBROCK, M.R. AND SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MOUNT TYNDALL QUADRANGLE, CUSTER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGSS MAP CQ-596, 1:24,00.